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Re: [cobalt-users] security risk... is this normal?
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] security risk... is this normal?
- From: Jeff Lasman <blists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon Mar 1 11:43:01 2004
- Organization: nobaloney.net
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Sun Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
On Monday 01 March 2004 11:16 am, Dmitry Alexeyev wrote:
> Only root can install rpms. Nobody else.
>
> > > rpm -e could delete any package.
> >
> > Unless run by root, rpm -e can only delete a package installed by
> > the user who installed it.
>
> You can't install a package not being the root user.
> And you can't remove anything.
Hmmmmm... testing on one of my servers; you're right.
On my desktop I can. One day I'll look to see what I did to allow that
to hapen.
Thanks.
Jeff
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