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Re: xfstt 0.9.99 uploaded - some news with it



> 
> This version now does NOT run as root. Well..it starts as root...and 
> the main aplication runs as root (to unlink its pid file)...but 
> as soon as it fork()s ...the children setuid. The user to setuid to
> is specified on the command line (if not specified then it defaults
> to the user that it is already running as)
> 

So if started during the boot process it remains root?  maybe it should beome
daemon or one of the other nobody accounts.


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