Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 06:00:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/18373: pkg_delete shouldn't insist on root Message-ID: <200005041300.GAA94110@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/18373; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/18373: pkg_delete shouldn't insist on root Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 14:54:37 +0200 On Wed 2000-05-03 (15:46), Ben Smithurst wrote: > It is rather inconvenient that pkg_delete(1) requires the calling user > to be root, as this makes testing a port you have created hard (it > seems you have to be root to allow "make deinstall" do anything). This > restriction seems unnecessary, and removing it certainly can't be a > security risk. Why not compare the owner of the PKG_DBDIR and the caller? Overloading '-f' might cause problems, so maybe another flag is necessary. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner Hacker In Chief, Sunesi Clinical Systems nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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