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