Fedora 12 to remove unprivileged package installation

From: "Paul W. Frields" <stickster-AT-gmail.com> To: fedora-announce-list-AT-redhat.com Subject: PackageKit change Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:52:38 -0500 Message-ID: <20091120025238.GJ29686@victoria.internal.frields.org> Archive-link: Article, Thread

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Fedora 12 release contained changes in the default PackageKit behavior that allow installation of packages by users in cases where: * the user is logged in on the local console, and * is installing packages signed with a previously trusted key, and * is using a previously configured and trusted repository After more discussion and thought, though, the package maintainers have posted to the fedora-devel-list mailing list agreeing to provide an update to Fedora 12's PackageKit. The update will require local console users to enter the root password to install new software packages. Details on the changes are found here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2009-No... - -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFLBgR2rNvJN70RNxcRAgUBAKCGi4o7oGzaXnK+jO6CrAehB9ZM6QCfdHrg mOKO0W1loVJWbo8GMYBtRJI= =x5vQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-announce-list mailing list fedora-announce-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-announce-list