On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 7:25 AM, Timeout <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I agree with you. > > First the user has to install the wineprefix as user and only then the user may be able to set the security level - valid only for this wineprefix outside root. > If there is no wineprefix in /root, it will then not run that easily as root and winecfg in root should not work. > At the moment, if after "make install" I am forgetting to go outside root modus, the wineprefix is not created in /home/user but in root's own directory in /root and from there it can access anything. > Here's the current situation: $ = user, # = root $ rm -rf ~/.wine $ wineprefixcreate $ sudo wine notepad # fails $ rm -rf ~/.wine $ sudo wineprefixcreate $ wine notepad # fails $ rm -rf ~/.wine $ wineprefixcreate $ wine notepad # works # rm -rf /root/.wine # wineprefixcreate # wine notepad # works $ rm -rf ~/.wine $ sudo wineprefixcreate $ sudo wine notepad # works $ rm -rf ~/.wine $ wineprefixcreate $ wine notepad # works Notepad can be any app, obviously. This still allows for using root access if needed, but prevents mixing the two, which IMHO will prevent most of the problems.
