On 9/26/05, Luca Dionisi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It is a little enhancement on the hint of Matthias S. Benkmann
> on the use of "package users" instead of root when installing
> packages.
> It is about the use of another group, similar to "install", with the
> directories /etc/rc.d/...
> I found that it could be useful in order to prevent a software
> installation to install a service without being allowed by the
> root user. The root user has to add the package user to that
> group (let's name it "bootscripts") in order to make it able to
> install files in the etc/rc.d directories.
>

Seems a very trivial extension of the current pkg-user hint.

Also, I fail to understand what the benefit is with this extension.
You are already giving the pkg user privilege to install files in the
standard directories (such as /bin /sbin). What would be achieved by
not allowing it to install something in /etc/rc.d?

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