On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 13:16:42 +1300 (NZDT) John Carter wrote: > At least with Gobo you will be able to live in the best of both worlds. > > But where Gobo really is heading in the right direction is on the > security front. > > It disturbs me that with _every_ package I install I have to > > su > make install > > That leaves such a vast amount of room for mischief.
you become root to install in order to write to directories where only root can write, because the security model says if you restrict write access to these directories then tom dick or harry cannot screw it up, intentionally or accidentally. How is it that Gobbo changes that? you either have a system where you need to escalate your privileges in order to install software, or IMHO you have a recipe for disaster. Changing the location of the directories will not make it easier to install software. Changing the necessary privileges will, but is undesirable. And don't forget if you want to test you can usually install to somewhere in your home directory and run the program from there for a while. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
