From 207f43e95d708c9ea462bacca60f86c49df5f599 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:32:00 -0400 Subject: comment --- ...ent_1_021ecbb1b8bd7e26776b49ec75e90d0c._comment | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/Propellor_without_superuser_privileges/comment_1_021ecbb1b8bd7e26776b49ec75e90d0c._comment (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/forum/Propellor_without_superuser_privileges/comment_1_021ecbb1b8bd7e26776b49ec75e90d0c._comment b/doc/forum/Propellor_without_superuser_privileges/comment_1_021ecbb1b8bd7e26776b49ec75e90d0c._comment new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1a38ef94 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Propellor_without_superuser_privileges/comment_1_021ecbb1b8bd7e26776b49ec75e90d0c._comment @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2014-12-26T19:26:00Z" + content=""" +I think that the root assumptions are in basically 3 places: + +* Many Properties assume they're run as root, and will fail if they're not. + Probably not a problem in practice for most of them. It might be nice + to make a few, such as `User.hasSomePassword` work when run as a normal + user. + +* Propellor's self-deployment involves running apt-get to instal ghc, + etc. This could be modified to check if it's not root and do a local + user of ghc if necessary. + +* `localdir = "/usr/local" and this is used in various places by eg, + `--spin`. It is, however, entirely possible to run "./propellor" in + some other directory, which causes it to run in that directory + and ensure the properties of localhost. `--spin` could certianly be + taught to run in a user mode where it uses "~/.propellor/" instead of + `localdir`. + +I think that's all! I don't plan to try to add this feature myself, but +will be happy to support anyone who wants to work on it. +"""]] -- cgit v1.2.3