>> > leaving the decision of whether users want to run >> > Compile as root or not to themselves. >> >> I agree. What I've read about Compile gives me the impression that it >> is an excellent project. >> >> However, as a strong supporter of the principal of least privilege I >> think Compile should be able to run as a regular user. > I think you're actually disagreeing then. Or maybe just something orthogonal.
Sorry, I wasn't very clear. What I meant was, I agree that a user should have the choice, however I would like Compile to be capable of running with user privileges as well. > And yes, Rootless. Compile is the principal means of installation on that, so > it is designed to be able to work that way. You can install almost all > user-level software like that, just requiring a system toolchain to bootstrap > itself. Rootless works on the principle that it has no privileges outside a > tree under ~, so there's no elevation at all. The tools contain some > special-casing to work with that situation. Thank you for clarifying this. All is well :) Matt _______________________________________________ gobolinux-devel mailing list gobolinux-devel@lists.gobolinux.org http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel
