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From: mattmatteh@×××××.com
To: Gentoo alt <gentoo-alt@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alt] packages that run as root
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:14:24
Message-Id: Pine.LNX.4.64.1006061241570.28202@ssbook.home
In Reply to: [gentoo-alt] packages that run as root by Jeremy Olexa
1 On Thu, 3 Jun 2010, Jeremy Olexa wrote:
2
3 > Hi,
4 > Current situation is to mask packages that run as root. I'm seriously
5 > considering to lift this restriction because:
6 >
7 > 1) We aren't very good at keeping this list up2date.
8 > 2) It poses artificial restrictions for some users and doens't harm the
9 > other users.
10 > 3) Why bother to mask them?
11 >
12 > Anyone disagree?
13 > -Jeremy
14
15 running as root still works ? i suppose ther could be the case where root
16 could have a prefix ?
17
18 matt

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Re: [gentoo-alt] packages that run as root Jeremy Olexa <darkside@g.o>