On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 07:24:44AM +0530, susmit shannigrahi wrote: > "Fedora users are revolting against a change introduced in the latest > version of the operating system that allows the installation of > thousands of software titles without an administrative password. > > Critics say the move diminishes the security of machines running the > open-source OS by giving unprivileged users what amounts to > administrative control. That could allow lower-level employees to > install software that's not been approved by administrators, or worse, > to gain root access by installing an application with a known security > vulnerability and then intentionally exploiting it." > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/19/fedora_12_root_imbroglio/ There's already an update in progress: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-November/msg00012.html -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
