@jpcarter adding a user to the sudo group gives them root privileges through the "sudo" command
rvm can be installed either user-wide, system-wide, or mixed-mode, of which both system-wide and user-wide are a subset of mixed-mode (with the exception that mixed-mode doesn't allow upgrading of rvm itsself by an unprivlidged user) I'm not sure if system-wide is meant to allow sudo-group users to run rvm without root (this would be a security issue, although the site seems to mention the specific issues), but even non-sudo-members should be able to use system ruby to install into their ~ I wish there was more of a maintainer of this package..... I don't have privlidges to push this patch, and despite getting an auto email that patches are reviewed, that has not happened. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/894311 Title: ruby-rvm's maintainer scripts expect the admin group to exist To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby-rvm/+bug/894311/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
