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   <H1>[Mageia-discuss] A possible risk ?</H1>
    <B>Renaud (Ron) Olgiati</B> 
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    <I>Wed Feb  8 23:46:46 CET 2012</I>
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<PRE>On Wednesday 08 Feb 2012 19:11 my mailbox was graced by a message from 
andre999 who wrote:
&gt;<i> So defaults being
</I>&gt;<i> 1) release upgrades requiring root password.
</I>&gt;<i> 2) package updates requiring user password.
</I>&gt;<i> 3) if current account requires not password, no update.
</I>&gt;<i> Wouldn't that satisfy security concerns ?
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No, it still leaves the user launching an update, hosing his system and being 
left with a dead system.

I feel (strongly) that updates, like upgrades, should only be done by someone 
who can reinstall the system in case of problem ==&gt; root.
 
Cheers,
 
Ron.
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