Bug#27205: marked as done ([REJECTED] Daemons should run as root only if really needed)
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Subject: debian-policy: PROPOSAL: daemons should run as root only if really needed
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I can see there are some daemons (like junkbuster and maybe syslogd)
which runs as root even if they could run as a non priviledged user.
What about adding a policy statement to outlaw that?
A --user option could be added to start-stop-daemon.
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Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:44:45 +0100
From: Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>
To: 27205-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#27205: [REJECTED] Daemons should run as root only if really needed
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Well, this one never really got much support and had objectors; it's
already been marked as rejected, so I'm closing it.
We still do need some coding and security guidelines....
Julian
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