On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 08:13:43PM -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > 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. > On my Squeeze system, isc-dhcp-server does indeed run as root. Not sure about Wheezy. -Rob
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