LHC Computer Grid - Rollout
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ian Stokes-Rees said:
> Hurm. I really feel like it needs to be possible for a "regular" user
> to setup a grid-ftp client in their own home directory without root
> permission. Maybe they need to add their own cron jobs for CRLs and
> what-not, but the clients should not require massive overhead
> to put in place. Just my 2 cents.
I suspect that the question of root privilege is just a packaging issue, rpm
is mainly designed to be used for system packages. I might be wrong, but I
doubt that you actually need root for anything to install (except you might
need to change the crl update to be a user cron job).
Stephen
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