Help with Linux offline cached credentials on a Windows domain
Mark Komarinski
mkomarinski-GqRSzq0LZOzYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org
Thu Aug 26 09:00:46 EDT 2010
On 08/26/2010 08:53 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
>> From: Dan Ritter [mailto:dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org]
>>
>>> Make the file executable. Run it as root.
>>
>> I really hate this model for software distribution.
>
> Is it different, in some way, from any of the following?
> * Run this exe. You must have admin privs.
> * Install this rpm as root.
> * sudo yum install ...
> * sudo pkg-get ...
Yes.
I can query a package to find out what is installed and where on the
filesystem things are located. I can also uninstall a package easily
using the same command as any other package on my system instead of
hunting for a custom script or having to do it by hand and risk leaving
cruft around.
-Mark
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