[packagekit] locking out password

[Adrien BUSTANY]

Yes, Daniel is right, rights in PackageKit are managed by PolicyKit, and 
the granularity is action wise, not package wise. Depending on your 
backend, there might be a way to pin the packages on the backend side.

Cheers
Adrien

Le 23/03/2009 23:32, Daniel Nicoletti a écrit :
> i think no, but i'm not 100% sure,
> also packagekit don't use "sudo"
>
> what you can do:
> give you kid rights to install packages,
> but remove the rights to remove packages
> this can be done granting explicit at
> polkit-gnome-authorizations.
>
> Also don't let the kid know the root password
> although if he has psychical access and is
> smart on computers he will find out easily.
>
> Regards,
> Daniel
>
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> *De:* Eric Duveau <eric.duveau at gmail.com>
> *Para:* packagekit at lists.freedesktop.org
> *Enviadas:* Segunda-feira, 23 de Março de 2009 18:56:48
> *Assunto:* [packagekit] locking out password
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to install dansguardian + iptables + tinyproxy packages 
> (parental control ) via packagekit.
>
> My kid would like to use it to install new packages. (he will use sudo 
> packagekit)
>
> Is there a possibility to lockout dansguardian + iptables + tinyproxy 
> packages so that they cannot be removed using packagekit.
> I am thinking of a secund admin password...
>
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