On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 23:43 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote: > 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 > <snip> hey, I think the update in progress needs to be ..uhm.. "propagated" more. Not a lot of folks (I also mean users who only heard of the drama via dents etc and nothing more) are aware of it. My bit: http://dodoincfedora.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/fedora-packagekit-change/ http://digg.com/d31AYzF regards, Ankur -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
