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A new feature in Fedora 12 was that users could install RPM packages from signed repositories without a root password. "Not good," said many users, so the project decided to reverse the policy.
On November 19, project lead Paul W. Frields announced the update to Fedora 12 that would reverse the unprivileged package installation policy. In his words, "The update will require local console users to enter the root password to install new software packages," no matter what the origins of the packages are .
One reason for the original change in Fedora 12 was to forego the complicated password dialogs in previous Fedora releases, with the root password required at the end anyway, but rather to rely on a role-based mechanism. Many developers and users were pleased by the new policy. Unfortunately the way that the policy was implemented for the release, it didn't work well on multi-user systems in that the privileges applied to all local users.
Details on the reversal in the PackageKit policy and the reasons behind it are in a posting by Owen Taylor. In it, it becomes clear that the password policy originally implemented for Fedora 12 was not the intended solution, but a quick compromise to get Fedora 12 out on time as promised. A Fedora 12 update should be available "quite soon."
(Marcel Hilzinger)
Comments
there's a way...
Renich Bon Ciric
Nov 21, 2009 7:38pm GMT
Well, I added myself to the "wheel" and "adm" groups and, now, I need my own password and not root's to install and mount things... cool, huh?
Comments
there's a way...
Renich Bon Ciric Nov 21, 2009 7:38pm GMT
Well, I added myself to the "wheel" and "adm" groups and, now, I need my own password and not root's to install and mount things... cool, huh?