Re: [Ltib] to be root or not to be root?

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Harri,

LTIB only runs using root permissions during the actual install phase of
an rpm.  During builds and any other time it is just the normal user.

We need root permissions during the package installation as it is
creating a real root filesystem under rootfs to be mounted etc by the
booting target.  This needs root permissions, no way around it.

However, if you look at the package spec files (the %pfx) and at the
ltib code itself I go to great lengths to make sure that even errant
package should not be able to scribble over your normal system
directories (see check_host_clobber line 2395 in ltib). 

Regards, Stuart

On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 18:29 +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> For fun I tried ltib on my Debian host today. I was told
> (http://www.bitshrine.org/) that it doesn't need root, but
> first thing it did was complaing about missing sudo, and
> next it claimed to need root permission without password(!)
> to run rpm. That rang all alarm bells.
> 
> What is the story here? Will it put my root partition at
> risk by installing foreign RPMs? Is there some way to use
> fakeroot instead?
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Harri
>