Re: dhcpd runs as root
On 8/27/2013 5:26 PM, Andrew Wood wrote:
Why does dhcpd (installed from isc-dhcp-server package in WHeezy) run as
root not a less privileged user?
The only reference to this subject I can find is this bug report first
filed in 2005 and seemingly still not fixed...
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=308832
Surely theres no need for it to run as root?
Reading through the bug report, it looks like upstream didn't accept it.
Debian stays as close as possible to upstream, for good reason.
It's been long enough, though, that it might be worth trying again.
Jerry
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