On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Jesse Keating <jkeating@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We have a server spin, and it's boot.iso/netinst.iso. And no, I am not > joking. Servers are installed by starting with the smallest possible > package set to get the system booted and on the network, then adding the > specific functionality you want the server to perform, such as http > server, or mail server. Nothing more. It is the very essence of start > from nothing, add what you want. ...add what you want, and have PolicyKit pulled in as a dependency. When this discussion came up I tried doing a yum erase PolicyKit on one of my systems and had it offer to remove some 372 package, including xorg-x11-drivers. I don't mind at all that I have to type my administrator password in to do root privileged things on my desktop or laptop. I don't want the normal security model to be circumvented in odd ways. And I really wanted a batteries-not-included server I'd install gentoo. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
