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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Again - UI
From:       Rik Hemsley <rik () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-04-21 15:32:45
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#if pbrown@redhat.com
> On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Rik Hemsley wrote:
> 
> > I'm still wondering why Linux vendors haven't made kpackage suid 0
> > and added the first user on the system to a group that gets to run
> > it.
> 
> Because then we would have to give it a security audit, which will be
> long and painful?

Of course, but that's your job ;)

Seriously, issues like users-having-admin-priviledges aren't going
to get solved unless distributors start auditing admin apps and making
them available for admin-enabled users.

Rik

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