Re: [Gnumed-devel] Problem running net install attempting re-bootstrap

[Karsten Hilbert]

>> It should be run as a normal user, not as root.

> Would it not be normal to deny normal users to have the ability to  
> install system-wide software on the machine?

They do need root powers to do this but that's
handled inside the script.

They don't install system-wide software. They are creating
a database which is as if they were creating pages in a wiki
while the wiki software is installed system-wide.

> I had  
> come to understand (maybe incorrectly) that by convention the  
> capacity (privileges) to install system-wide should require root or  
> sudo.

This is correct and it does. Inside the script.

Karsten
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