Mailinglist Archive: zypp-devel (75 mails)

[Michael Andres <ma@xxxxxxx>]

ma@Fibonacci:~ $ rm -rf /tmp/rr
ma@Fibonacci:~ $ zypper --root /tmp/rr sa 
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source

Root privileges are required for modifying system repositories.


Why should the above require Root privileges? Shouldn't we actually 
check whether we are aloowed to read/write the directories?

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    Michael Andres

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