[gobolinux-devel] [patch] allow non-superusers to query GoboHide version/help

[Hisham Muhammad]

On 10/21/06, Andy Feldman <nereusren at gmail.com> wrote:
> As a user, I am in favor of this sort of patch. Any program
> functionality that doesn't require su should be exposed to regular
> user accounts if possible, even if you can't think of why someone
> might want to use it without the su functionality.
>
> Anything else reminds me how silly the /sbin distinction is.

Sure, this kind of patch will get in, of course. We're just holding
back non-critical commits now because of the distro RC status.

-- Hisham

> On 10/21/06, Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez <rnsanchez at wait4.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:31:00 +0200
> > "Jonas Karlsson" <jonka750 at student.liu.se> wrote:
> >
> > > It looks ok, but I don't see the point of printing the help for regular
> > > users, as you must be superuser (or run with sudo) to use the script
> > > anyway.
> >
> > What if you're reporting a bug or something and you need to su just to
> check
> > what version of GoboHide you have?
> >
> > Anyway, --version and --help are options that any user can/may use, you
> > shouldn't need superuser privileges just to check that.
> >
> > Am I missing something obvious here?
> >
> > --
> > Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez
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