[packagekit] DBUS configuration

[David Zeuthen]

On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 19:09 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 12:44 -0500, Robin Norwood wrote:
> > Does anyone use the PACKAGEKIT_USER business?  It evaluates to 'root'
> > by default, so doesn't really have any effect unless it is set, aside
> > from a slight performance penalty.  We should probably remove it from
> > the shipping configs unless it really is for something.  I didn't want
> > to just make the change for fear of breaking anyone's setup.
> 
> Well, it basically just was there for debian, IIRC they don't like
> running things as root. Maybe we can just ensure that @PACKAGEKIT_USER@
> is root by default, and cut out the explicit line. That might be best.

Uhm. Can packagekitd even sensibly run as non-root?

     David