From 9f3785e8eedf3df13c399e6df0cd2edfc46dd834 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 17:42:53 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] comment --- ...nt_1_fccab2e36d393f420d0fa23958e6a9d2._comment | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/root_assistant__63__/comment_1_fccab2e36d393f420d0fa23958e6a9d2._comment diff --git a/doc/forum/root_assistant__63__/comment_1_fccab2e36d393f420d0fa23958e6a9d2._comment b/doc/forum/root_assistant__63__/comment_1_fccab2e36d393f420d0fa23958e6a9d2._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2fd418d564 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/root_assistant__63__/comment_1_fccab2e36d393f420d0fa23958e6a9d2._comment @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2015-02-17T21:41:27Z" + content=""" +I would not recommend running the assistant as root. Any security issue +would escalate the root access; any bug could result in some root level +damage to system. + +Of course, I don't know of any such security issues or bugs. If I did, I'd +be fixing them. + +On my system, /usr/local is managed by group staff. It seems much safer to +make the assistant be run by some non-root user who is in the staff group. +"""]]