On Sunday, July 15, 2012 3:05:36 AM UTC-5, Ryan Bowlby wrote: > > That's not really a puppet question. Typically installation of software in > normal (posix compliant) locations requires root privileges. Merely > limiting the commands one is capable of executing via sudo would likely be > enough.
Supposing that users have sudo in the first place, though that's not uncommon. Note also, however, that that only applies to installing software in system locations. If users can write to their own home directories then it's pretty darn hard to prevent them from installing software there. John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/kK0D95fKgGwJ. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.