*==>** The following existing directories will be made group writable:*
/usr/local/bin
/usr/local/lib
/usr/local/share
/usr/local/var
*==>** The following existing directories will have their owner set to * *dpage*:
/usr/local/bin
/usr/local/lib
/usr/local/share
/usr/local/var
*==>** The following existing directories will have their group set to * *admin*:
/usr/local/bin
/usr/local/lib
/usr/local/share
/usr/local/var
I would rather we don't list a distro, than list one that we have to put security warnings against.
Isn't OSX/macOS considered a "single user" system for the vast majority of its users?
Note - I'm meaning "single person has access to the machine", rather than talking about the process separation model.
For a single user machine, the above setup doesn't seem terrible. It's not giving world writeable access, it's just claiming ownership of otherwise unused directories for the main users group.
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Anyone using OSX/macOS in multi-user fashion is probably going to hit other issues too (eg other people's apps in /Applications), and probably :) avoids Homebrew.
I have multiple shared Macs. I've never run into such an issue, probably because you need root permissions to install something in /Applications rather than ~/Applications.
