[Freedombox-discuss] Kerberos and remctl instead of exmachina?

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Petter Reinholdtsen (2013-09-03 13:43:58)
> [Tim Retout]
> > Hi! My thoughts:
> > 
> > 1. Presumably debconf needs root privileges, so would you grant that 
> > user some limited sudo rights?
> 
> What about using aptdaemon for package installation and configuration? 
> It provide a mechanism for non-privileged users to install packages 
> and answer debconf questions.  I use it in python with my isenkram 
> package, where the isenkramd program run as the normal user and talk 
> to aptdaemon using its API.

Seems to me that aptdaemon rely on policykit, which in turn seems to 
serve _desktop_ users through their being "logged in".

Do you have ideas or even experience how aptdaemon would help on a 
_server_ like FreedomBox?


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