Hi folks I want to write a hint on installing software.
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. As suggested by the hint submission guidelines, I'm writing this on the appropriate (I think) mailing list. Has anyone adopted a similar approach, or has a similar hint already been written? Also, if you think this idea doesn't fit in the hint project, let me know (of course let me know why ;-P ) Luca -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
