xfs/xfstt run as root by default?

[Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net>]

hi,

I wanted to ask the list to make sure there was not a reason for this 
before filing a bug...

I have noticed that xfs and xfstt are being run as root on my potato 
system why?  I have read that there have been/are security problems 
with xfs and that it should not be run as root.

xfstt's initscript is actually attempting to run it as nobody but 
that is not working evidently:

[eb@plato ~]$ ps aux | grep xfs
root	233  0.0  0.9  2088 1200 ?	S	20:50	0:00 /usr/bin/X11/xfs
root	238  0.0  0.5  1680 1200 ?	S	20:50	0:00 
/usr/bin/X11/xfstt --port 7101 --daemon --user nobody

redhat runs xfs as user xfs would this better then nobody?



Best Regards,
Ethan Benson
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