On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 07:25:31PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 05:52:01PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > Please consider implementing a new way to have per-user debconf > > configuration which is actually used when packages are installed via > > sudo. One possibility would be a system-wide setting which restores > > the old behavior, reading $HOME/.debconfrc instead of > > `getpwuid($>)[7]`/.debconfrc. So root would have to decide whether to > > take the clearly existing security risk or not. > > > > The way it is now in sarge/sid, the local administrators are forced to > > do weird script origies to simulate the intended behavior. I believe > > it is better to give them enough rope to hang themselves with stock > > debconf. > > I added this for rather different reasons, but does it help? > > * If DEBCONF_SYSTEMRC is set to a file that exists, use it in preference > to the system debconf.conf files.
So a local admin could set DEBCONF_SYSTEMRC=/home/$USER/.debconfrc and have her local .debconfrc used even when debconf is invoked from a root process? If yes, that does help and addresses this wishlist request. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
