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Fedora 12 Lets Users Install Signed Packages, Sans Root Privileges

Posted by timothy on from the try-it-you-might-like-it dept.

eqisow writes "The new default policy for Fedora 12 allows local, unprivileged users to install signed packages without root access. This change apparently went mostly unnoticed until after the Fedora 12 GA release, at which point it sparked a mailing list thread that is, as of this writing, over 100 posts long."

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  1. Wow by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like I need to upgrade to Windows 7 for some real security...

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    1. Re:Wow by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm not even sure who to ROOT for anymore.

      Haha, that was so terrible, please don't mod me funny.

  2. Glad to see... by maccodemonkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...all those laid off Microsoft employees already found work.

  3. You laugh, but.... by WindBourne · · Score: 5, Funny

    MS is hit hard because they have had similar bad ideas, combined with having hired bad developers (and getting worse). But MS is now focused on Security, and is slowly making progress. I fear that if and when they surpass *nix (Linux, BSD, OSX, and some of the smaller ones like Solaris :) ) in security, that *nix will suddenly be slammed with virus and worms. And it will appear to happen overnight, even though it will be possible openings like this that slowly turn the heads of the writers.

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