From 493d61d2289538069e8a5739195d01b04b3251ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: spwhitton Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 12:24:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] create forum post --- doc/forum/Propellor_without_superuser_privileges.mdwn | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/Propellor_without_superuser_privileges.mdwn diff --git a/doc/forum/Propellor_without_superuser_privileges.mdwn b/doc/forum/Propellor_without_superuser_privileges.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d7288a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Propellor_without_superuser_privileges.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +Joey uses propellor to popular his /home/joey on hosts he controls. I'd like to use it to populate my home directory on hosts where I don't have root. If someone gives me a shell account on a Debian box, it would be great to just run `propellor --spin` to have apply properties such as having certain stuff downloaded and compiled in `~/local/bin`, putting cronjobs in place, and checking stuff out with `myrepos`. + +Does propellor assume root access at a deep enough level that writing properties to do this stuff would be impractical?