On Thu, 29 Apr, 1999, James Mastros wrote: > On Thu, Apr 29, 1999 at 09:05:33PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > > This is NOT an excuse for running as root. Make it create the pidfile in > > /var/run/xfstt like other similar programs do. > Couldn't it just create a pidfile in /var/run/xfstt as root, chown it to the > nobody it will be running as, and then drop permissions? > > -=- James Mastros > PS: I don't really know what I'm talking about. If I'm wrong, please > let me know why. nobody is never allowed to own files. -- I consume, therefore I am
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