On Mon, 2003-04-28 at 00:05, John Zimmerman wrote: > > // personal comment follows > > The rhnsd runs as root, basically that means Redhat have root-access > > to my system... Luckily they're not M$... And logged into the > > redhat-network on the web I can trigger software installs/uninstalls > > on my system... > > Very nice, well, trust RH 100%, or keep ur system up to date > > manually... > > RHN provides some nice features if you need to use them. But most > people don't need them. Use apt-get/synaptic and have no worries. Use apt-get and let someone else have root access on your machine. You are aware that every rpm you install can contain scripts which run as root? It's just a question of who you trust more, Red Hat or the freshrpms (+ every other apt source you specify) people... -- Klaasjan Brand <kjb@xxxxxx>
