Seth Vidal wrote:
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, nodata wrote:
>>>> -sv
>>>>
>>> I do if it's in the default DVD install, or was pulled in in an
>>> upgrade. I've never intentionally installed it, and yes I do. Never
>>> imagined it would be a problem. I'll remove it.
>>>
>> Maybe you and I have a different concept of 'Servers'. But I tend to
>> install @core only and then remove items whenever I can for a server.
>>
>> If it is a bad day I'll install X b/c something requires it but for
>> servers I try to avoid anything beside the barest minimal I can have.
>>
> Maybe you have a different concept of security, but I don't want any user on
> the server installing software, no matter what.
right - which is why I wouldn't install PK on a server.
yum doesn't allow users to install pkgs, only root.
$ sudo rpm -e PackageKit
error: Failed dependencies:
...
PackageKit is needed by (installed) setroubleshoot-2.2.42-1.fc12.x86_64
Ouch. I like setroubleshoot.
Is there some way to disable PackageKit but keep setroubleshoot?
Andrew.