On May 17, 2014 5:22:32 PM EEST, Roland Tapken <ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Hi, > >> A good idea is to automatically change to a much more restricted >user, used >> just for building (no shells, logins, etc.). > >What do you think about patching yaourt to that it, if executed as >root, runs >makepkg as a special user? Or changing makepkg to drop it's own >privileges if >executed as root? > >Regards, > >Roland Both. Yaourt to ensure that you did not download anything via root (and have permission/security problems etc.) Makepkg patch for those who do not use yaourt. Makepkg HAS to create a special user on install, or use the nobody user. I would really like to help patching, but my time is extremely limited (finals in 2 weeks). Good luck! :) BTW: Another good idea that would be helpful is add comments on installed packages on pacman. e.g. why did you install them. But that's another thread
