[ale] Linux Distributions

Michael B. Trausch fd0man at gmail.com
Wed May 18 15:02:52 EDT 2005


ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> 
> That problem is the result of poor system administration AND
> programming - not simply a root issue. All things being equal - you
> may have never found the BUG in the program if it weren't for the
> fact that it WAS running as root.
> 
> Ah ha! Score: +1 running as root
> 
> My guess is that the problem is fixed now and the program CAN run as
> root.
>

Personally, I think that there are *many* programs that should not run
as root.  If they do, it should be looked at as a bug:  You only need
very few things to actually run as root.

	- Mike

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