Installation: Roots or User?

[Velh Krome]

heya everyone!

as i just read that post http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=29226.msg335725;topicseen#msg335725 , i wonder why people struggle with permissions =S
i am running Debian/Sid (Sidux), and i once ran the installer as user. all the files then were extracted into my chosen folder, and psclient/pssetup starts up the common way (./psclient etc)

so, using a user-app for accessing internet might be more secure than having it run as a root-permissioned one, no? sure, there might be sudo, yet i am not very convinced of it, because one has to be careful in setting it up properly, for not losing security in the end.

now, is there a specific reason for why you guys install su-wisely?

[Constrabus Gegami]

....now, is there a specific reason for why you guys install su-wisely?

So that you can have the installer binary throw some scripts into you /etc/bin directory..

with that, you can run PS with just "fluxbox" as a command in your terminal or a desktop link or something

and also to set privledges to the PS files so that all used on the machine can use it and not just the user who installed it and those in the games group ( if there is one on your compy)


you cant do these things unless you have root priv