On 12/09/2011 10:32 PM, Paul van der Vlis wrote: > I use sudo to give the normal user the right to use apt-get as root (see > the script). This has some security aspects. I expect it can be done > easily more secure then I do here, e.g. with a password in sudo, or by > using a special user for backporting. Why not using pbuilder / cowbuilder / $chroot-of-any-flavor-that-you-like, instead of installing on the host filesystem with sudo? Thomas