[packagekit] DBUS configuration

[Richard Hughes]

On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 13:25 -0500, David Zeuthen wrote:
> 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?

Well, as long as it's running as a user account that can run the tools
and blatter things on the hard drive, I guess so. Debian guys speak up
now please :-)

Richard.