Is Klik safe?

Dotan Cohen dotancohen at gmail.com
Thu Jul 13 14:56:45 UTC 2006


On 13/07/06, Dick Davies <rasputnik at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 13/07/06, Dick Davies <rasputnik at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 13/07/06, Eberhard Roloff <tuxebi at gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> > > I cannot install any application, when I am NOT root, except
> > > when I use klik.
> >
> > Oh, it runs as root? That wasn't clear.
>
> turns out that's because it doesn't run as root (at least doesn't
> have to). It's just an easy way to let users install stuff for their
> own use. What's wong with that?

Even if I can only clobber my own home dir, I don't want to.

Dotan




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