16114 – `emerge info` shouldn't need root privs

Bug 16114 - `emerge info` shouldn't need root privs

Summary: `emerge info` shouldn't need root privs

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Core (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High minor
Assignee:	Nicholas Jones (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2003-02-20 20:29 UTC by Steven Lucy
Modified:	2011-10-30 22:36 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Steven Lucy 2003-02-20 20:29:07 UTC

'emerge info' requires one to be root.  i can't see any reason for this (all
information it displays can be found out by a normal user), and things needing
to be root which don't have to be is a security problem.

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Nicholas Jones (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-02-22 08:04:21 UTC

fixed in cvs
portage-2.0.47-r3