On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 05:15:31PM -0500, Yamandu Ploskonka wrote: > Chris Ball wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > TBH I'm not 100% sure on that as I'm not a PackageKit developer > > > but I believe that is addressed by ConsoleKit and as its in use > > > on Fedora and I'm pretty sure Ubuntu and others (and I'm pretty > > > sure its an external dependency of gnome too) I'm sure that issue > > > has been addressed. > > > > My understanding is that the developers consider it addressed by > > "%post runs as root, and if you don't like it then don't install RPMs > > [from untrusted sources]". So, we need to find out what's up there. > > > > - Chris. > > Very good point you make. It gets complicated as the users - kids - > have not been shown they get it regarding giving their full name, age > and address and some even phone number, so it is unlikely they will deal > safely with the nuances of "untrusted sources". > It would be sort of a shame that the first massive attack of malware on > Linux platforms happened under our watch...
The whole point of Rainbow is that what I think you're talking about isn't an issue, and it's encouraged that kids share Activities. Eliminating this sharing ability is one of the problems with the current rpm / PackageKit proposals AIUI. > Yama Martin
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