On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 03:25:39PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West writes: > > how about if aptitude could install in ~/blah if run as non-root? I'm > > sure there are implications I don't understand. > > Worms would then be able to call aptitude to install malware in the user's > home directory.
absolutely. I was just pondering the moving of the wife from winxp to deb. coming up here soon. so do I give her the root password (it is her machine after all), setup up a good comprehensive sudoers files, or, wouldn't it be nice if she could install apps at will in her home tree without bringing down the whole box. just thinking aloud. A
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