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[[!comment format=mdwn
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username="joey"
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subject="""comment 1"""
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date="2014-12-26T19:26:00Z"
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content="""
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I think that the root assumptions are in basically 3 places:
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* Many Properties assume they're run as root, and will fail if they're not.
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Probably not a problem in practice for most of them. It might be nice
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to make a few, such as `User.hasSomePassword` work when run as a normal
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user.
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* Propellor's self-deployment involves running apt-get to instal ghc,
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etc. This could be modified to check if it's not root and do a local
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user of ghc if necessary.
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* `localdir = "/usr/local" and this is used in various places by eg,
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`--spin`. It is, however, entirely possible to run "./propellor" in
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some other directory, which causes it to run in that directory
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and ensure the properties of localhost. `--spin` could certianly be
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taught to run in a user mode where it uses "~/.propellor/" instead of
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`localdir`.
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I think that's all! I don't plan to try to add this feature myself, but
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will be happy to support anyone who wants to work on it.
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"""]]
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