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[James Sumners]

But do you think it sane to connect to a volatile P2P network as root
with an untrusted application? Clearly the developers of the
application think otherwise.

On 5/17/05, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 12:18 -0400, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> >
> >   I CAN run my motorcycle ....
> 
> Yes, but are you running it as root?  :-)
> 
> I agree w/ CL, yes, you can can run a properly configured desktop as
> root/Administrator without fear.  No, you should not run server
> processes as root.
> 
> -Jim P. 


-- 
James Sumners
http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."

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