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  • Could you be a bit more precise? How do you do that, what precautions have to be taken, any risks? Commented Mar 3, 2013 at 23:26
  • zypper command such as apt-get in debian or yum in redhat-base distro. So you can : youruser ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/zypper , then you don't need to root privilege and your password. Commented Mar 4, 2013 at 13:16
  • When you specify commands, you don't have any risk. Commented Mar 4, 2013 at 13:17
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    Sure, no risk. Not that any random user who can install/remove packages can ever screw the system up royally. Commented Mar 4, 2013 at 13:23
  • no, because system itself uses a locking system. Commented Mar 5, 2013 at 2:17