Duncan wrote: > With that in mind, I've become increasingly uncomfortable running urpmi, > downloads and all, from root. I don't surf the web as root, and for good > reason, I expect most will agree. I understand the need for root for the > installation steps, but why must the files be downloaded as root? That > seems like far less than a secure solution, from here. Having been on > this list a bit over a full release cycle now, I've waited for this to > come up, as I was SURE I was missing something obvious and if I just kept > quite someone else would raise the issue and I'd be able to learn.. > However, that hasn't happened, and at the expense of looking foolish for > overlooking the obvious, I'm now raising the issue, as I'm becoming > increasingly uncomfortable with the current situation.
This might be a good thing to add to the Wiki. It could help avoid losing it in the shuffle. Do you have an account? I cna post it, but if you need access you can ask Warly. - John
