Re: Safe Install to Programs by a user

Hisham <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.distributions.gobo.general
Message-ID <CAJpkDYfiXnxUKiRBkvbsJZREe9P5Y_j4Bzm51Proyip3kaBMkA@mail.gmail.com>
On 9 September 2013 08:40, Trans <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was wondering. If a lowly user wans to install some software, is there a
> safe way to allow them to do so? And by this I means do so in /Programs, not
> a separate "Rootless" Programs in their home directory.

In all GoboLinux versions so far, the only way is with a separate Rootless.

You may give some users write permission in /Programs but then you'll
probably have trouble keeping users from overriding each other's links
under /System/Links...

-- Hisham
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