Re: debian and ubuntu - answer from user not pretending to be guru
On Sun, 3 May 2009 10:18:49 -0400
"Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@vianet.ca> wrote:
> On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 07:29:07AM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> > Bret Busby wrote:
> > > Before I try it, please advise whether, in removing the sudo
> > > facility for users, the package management (both
> > > adding/removing packages, and, downloading and installing
> > > updates, and using synaptic) will work by entering only the
> > > root password.
> >
> > The package management software just needs root privileges. It
> > doesn't care how it got them.
> >
> > Nobody is suggesting anything exotic here. Sudo is intended to be
> > configured by the system administrator. That's you.
>
> However, does the package management software (as aptitude does)
> store user preferences in the home directory? If, for example, you
> always run aptitude as yourself then give it the root password when
> prompted, it stores your preferences in your home directory. If
> you later run aptitude as root, those prefernces won't be active.
> Also, vis-versa.
>
> Doug.
>
I don't think that aptitude will run as $user, Douglas. It always
runs as root. At least, that's what it's always told me when I've
mistakenly tried to run it as $user.
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