-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Nifty nifty.hat Mitch wrote: | Is yum a good place to look for and optionally add users and groups that are expected | by packages. Or is this something that rpm should address. | This should be handled by the package pre or post install scripts. | I commonly see a package install message that foo.package is installing | files as "root" because user "fooadministrator" is missing. In some This is because the spec file for this package is faulty. Always report a bug against the package so it can be fixed. | cases there is a risk of loss of security and containment of a hacker should | a flaw be exploited in the package. | | In an ideal world I would like the opportunity to add the user/group | (or not) then install the package. | In the ideal world all packages will be sane and no such thing needs to be added to yum. This is not a good idea at all. | Thanks, | mitch | | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIjWVjhmd3WOiFct4RCqnYAKCa3R/qKyeaDH2VX0W9W1aGLUTXDACghFFt jxzym3DqRReeFXNKpYfoFPY= =Rlr2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
