Why do firgirl repacks require admin to run? (piefed.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by NovaTheFluf@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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So, I've noticed this more as I've gotten deeper into piracy, but why do all the various programs installed through a fitgirl repack require administrator, even if they're installed for the user?
I may be dumb but it just always makes me a bit worried.

Edit: I do not mean the installation process, I'm talking about running the process once installed.

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[-] Ghoelian@piefed.social 14 points 2 days ago

I'm not sure, but this has me wondering how this works in Proton. I've installed plenty of fitgirl repacks through proton which worked very well.

Looks like Wine just acts like UAC is enabled and allowed, but still runs with the same privileges: https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/FAQ#head-c9e6502ad636315e905d07f7e44594757a6738e3:~:text=Should%20I%20run%20Wine%20as%20root

As of Wine 9.4, Wine programs run as a limited user by default, but will automatically and silently elevate themselves if necessary (in the same situations that Windows would spawn a UAC prompt), at which point they will report administrator privileges while still running as the same Unix user.