<html><head></head><body>Ah.<br>
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Remedy. Ugh.<br>
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The tool pretty much takes over a system which is why the installation needs .login write access. It will need to make environment setting changes.<br>
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I use request tracker.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On August 26, 2017 10:23:32 AM EDT, Leam Hall <leamhall@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">Section "Preparing to install as a nonroot user"<br /><br /><a href="https://docs.bmc.com/docs/brid91/preparing-a-unix-environment-610402414.html#PreparingaUNIXenvironment-PreparingtoinstallonRedHatLinux">https://docs.bmc.com/docs/brid91/preparing-a-unix-environment-610402414.html#PreparingaUNIXenvironment-PreparingtoinstallonRedHatLinux</a><br /><br />On 08/26/2017 09:40 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> Run!<br /> <br /> Actually, please inform us of the name of this fine establishment that <br /> crafts such outstanding software so that we can all enjoy its mindful <br /> design features.<br /> <br /> On August 26, 2017 9:03:10 AM EDT, Leam Hall <leamhall@gmail.com> wrote:<br /> <br /> After going over their initial list of requirements I'm pretty sure they<br /> shouldn't be trying to sell software. Things like write access to<br /> /etc/login.<br /> <br /> <br /> On 08/26/2017 08:42 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:<br /> <br /> Shouldn't that be handled by other processes? App writes to<br /> STDOUT and<br /> that is passed to appropriate location including console.<br /> <br /> On August 26, 2017 4:59:44 AM EDT, leam hall<br /> <leamhall@gmail.com> wrote:<br /> <br /> For some reason this strikes me as not a great idea, but no solid<br /> reason comes to mind. The application installer says it needs write<br /> access to /dev/console.<br /> <br /> Is there an actual security risk?<br /> <br /> Leam<br /> <br /><hr /><br /> <br /> Ale mailing list<br /> Ale@ale.org<br /> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br /> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br /> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br /> <br /> <br /> -- <br /> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.<br /></blockquote><hr /><br />Ale mailing list<br />Ale@ale.org<br /><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br />See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br /><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br /></pre></blockquote></div><br>
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