Re: daemons running as nobody

[Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>]

> On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 01:45:46AM +0200, Fabrice Gautier wrote:
> >=20
> > On Sun, 1 Apr 2001 00:34:40 +0200
> > Lenart Janos <ocsi@irisz.hu> wrote:
> >=20
> > > I thought *not* any daemon should run as nobody,
> >=20
> > Why (do you think that) ?
> > Why not (should daemons run as nobody) ?
> 
> i think running daemons as nobody is ok if done in moderation, and
> only on more or less unimportant daemons.  the thing with nobody is it
> should not own ANY file on the filesystem.  so if the daemon needs to
> write files it should not run as nobody. =20
> 
> the bigger flam^H^H^H^Hdebate is whether daemons should share uids at
> all. =20
> 
> --=20
> Ethan Benson
> http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
> 


How should important daemons run? Why? Why nobody should not own ANY file on the filesystem? What does nobody intended for?
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	Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>