[Sugar-devel] Bundling libraries, RPMs? (was Re: WatchMe-1, a VNC activity)

Luke Faraone luke at faraone.cc
Mon Aug 17 15:52:48 EDT 2009


On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 15:48, Mathieu Bridon (bochecha) <
bochecha at fedoraproject.org> wrote:

> PackageKit uses PolicyKit for the authentication framework, which
> means you can very easily define the following permissions:
>
> 1. user A can install signed RPMs from the repositories without root
> password
>
> 2. user B can update his system, providing the root password for the
> first time but then without password
>
> 3. user C can install signed RPMs from the repositories as well as
> unsigned RPMs entering his own password.
>


So PackageKit allows me to install the RPM for me, and only me, without
affecting other users?
-- 
Luke Faraone
http://luke.faraone.cc
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