On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:15:51 -0500 cga2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'll have to install synaptic and take a look. I understand it > prompts you for the root password as relevant, right? Actually I have no idea. I use only aptitude in command-line and sometimes interactive. AFAICT aptitude (interactive) uses su to achieve that. [snip] > yes .. but what I'm really not too comfortable with is mostly the > non-granularity of privileges .. I'll have to play with groups a bit > and see if this might provide better solutions. Also do some googling > and look for those who went down that road before me .. see if they > came up with useful conclusions. IMHO the granularity is necessary only in a multi-user environment with different levels of admins. For a single user it's not so relevant. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
