about a week ago, i downloaded pdfedit from packman with yast2. along with the /usr/share/pdfedit files, there were also quite a few changes to /etc/postfix and /usr/share/icons. the pdfedit files are listed in the yast2 software management, but the other changes are not. they all have the same date and time stamp.
since i did not knowingly request the changes, i’m concerned about security. how do i verify these postfix changes? i’m of a mind to remove postfix for security reasons.
is there an update feature to yast2 that i need to disable to prevent this in the future?
This is done by SuSEconfig that runs after every install/deinstall (the execution of which is shown in the YaST > Software > Software management window).
When you look into* /sbin/SuSEconfig*, you will see that it executes scripts in /sbin/config.d. When you look there you will find that the script /sbin/config.d/SuSEconfig.gtk2 does refresh all links in /usr/share/icons. For the reason look the comment in the script.
Warning: I found a warning in /etc/sysconfig/suseconfig that switching off (and I think meddling with) the execution of SuSEconfig can have consequences of which the writers of the SuSEconfig feature do not feel responsible.