[Resolvconf-devel] Bug#638393: Please allow resolvconf to run as non-root

[Peter Chubb]

Package: resolvconf
Version: 1.58
Severity: wishlist

When adding third-party sources for resolv.conf entries 
(e.g., radns, http://hack.org/mc/hacks/radns/ )
it's desirable for a non-root user to be able to invoke resolvconf.

Locally I've created a `resolvconf' group and made /etc/resolvconf/run 
owned by and group-writable by that group.  I can then give permission to
run resolvconf to other users by adding them to that group.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-rc2+ (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages resolvconf depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]      1.5.40        Debian configuration management sy
ii  initscripts                2.88dsf-13.11 scripts for initializing and shutt
ii  lsb-base                   3.2-27        Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip

resolvconf recommends no packages.

resolvconf suggests no packages.

-- debconf information:
  resolvconf/reboot-recommended-after-removal:
* resolvconf/downup-interfaces:
* resolvconf/link-tail-to-original: false
  resolvconf/linkify-resolvconf: true