merge 566446 297439 thanks Hi Jonathan,
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 07:01:16AM -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi, > > This is something like http://bugs.debian.org/117265 + > http://bugs.debian.org/297439 looks like exactly 297439, merging. > I would like something like netselect-apt that can be run as an ordinary > user to suggest a line to be added to sources.list. This way, a > paranoid sysadmin no longer needs to read the source to carry out such > a simple operation. > > What do you think? it is netselect that needs root privileges, the script can run as any user (thus the merge), anyhow have a look at README.Debian. It can be done with file capabilities on recent linux versions. I agree that as a solution is suboptimal and the debconf question should be changed, but at least you get CAP_NET_RAW instead of full root. filippo -- Filippo Giunchedi - http://esaurito.net - 0x6B79D401 In God we trust, everybody else pays cash. -- somewhere in England -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
