Not all packages installed must be Admin packages. A user may be part of a small project using a set of programs not available to everyone else and he may very well want to get updates from an additional repository for things that he runs from his $HOME/bin directory. He could be running his own yum pointed at $HOME/etc/yum.conf Javier > -----Original Message----- > From: yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of seth vidal > Sent: Mi?rcoles, 09 de Junio de 2004 01:48 a.m. > To: Yellowdog Updater, Modified > Subject: Re: [Yum] Re: Usernames, Passwords and yum > > > On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 23:33 -0700, Michael Stenner wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 11:17:36PM -0400, Tom Diehl wrote: > > > Unless they have root access they already cannot run yum. > > > > Well, they can run "yum list" and "yum search", etc. But basically, I > > agree with you. yum has limited value as a user app. > > > > It's not obvious to me what the benefit of yum is to a user who is not > the admin. I guess they can query packages and look for info but if > they're not going to install/remove/update something I don't really see > the point of a user dealing with it. > > thoughts? > -sv > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum >
