On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Jesse Keating <jkeating(a)redhat.com> wrote:
We have a server spin, and it's boot.iso/netinst.iso. And no, I
am not
joking. Servers are installed by starting with the smallest possible
package set to get the system booted and on the network, then adding the
specific functionality you want the server to perform, such as http
server, or mail server. Nothing more. It is the very essence of start
from nothing, add what you want.
...add what you want, and have PolicyKit pulled in as a dependency.
When this discussion came up I tried doing a yum erase PolicyKit on
one of my systems and had it offer to remove some 372 package,
including xorg-x11-drivers.
I don't mind at all that I have to type my administrator password in
to do root privileged things on my desktop or laptop. I don't want the
normal security model to be circumvented in odd ways.
And I really wanted a batteries-not-included server I'd install gentoo.