[Slackbuilds-users] Moving sbopkg to /usr/sbin and require root

[Ricardson Williams]

I use only by root....

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 9:26 AM, alkos333 <me at alkos333.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Chess Griffin <chess at chessgriffin.com>
> wrote:
> > Sorry for the cross-post to sbopkg and slackbuilds.org mailing lists but
> > I want to get as much feedback as possible.
> >
> > Currently, sbopkg can be run by root or a non-root user.  Certain
> > functions or features can only be done by a root user, of course, like
> > building and installing packages.  However, trying to maintain this dual
> > permission standard is becoming very problematic.  More than once I have
> > considered removing the 'user-mode' from sbopkg, move sbopkg to
> > /usr/sbin, and require sbopkg be run only by the root user, like
> > pkgtool, slackpkg, and other similar tools require.  Several unrelated
> > issues have brought this to the forefront again and I am now very much
> > leaning towards making this change.
> >
> > So, the question is:  how many people feel strongly about keeping the
> > ability to run sbopkg as a non-root user?  Could folks adapt to using
> > sbopkg only as root?
> >
> > Feel free to respond on the list or privately.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your feedback.
> >
>
> root only - keep the code simple
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Ricardson Williams
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