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From: Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM>
To: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>
Cc: XEmacs Developers <xemacs-beta@xemacs.org>
Subject: Re: Ownership of installed files
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Reply-To: Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM>

>>>>> "Hrv" == Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:

Hrv> Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM> writes:
>> - typically the builder, installer and maintainer are the same
>> person.

Hrv> Not where I work.  For example, on most systems I've seen it happens
Hrv> that one person compiles the code, and then does a `su' (or calls
Hrv> someone who is authorized to do `su') who installs the stuff.  The
Hrv> accounts like `hniksic' are by no means secure, and I wouldn't like
Hrv> the idea of having them to be able to change things that many people
Hrv> use.

Not where I work.  Typically, free software is made available on a
directory on some file server. The NFS file systems are mounted in
such a way that root has *less* authority than regular users.  Most of
the XEmacsen I install I can only install as `mrb', not as `root'.

Martin

