Re: [PLUG] unix cp function call (thanks)

[Bill Jonas <bill@billjonas.com>]

On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 11:16:20PM -0400, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> Why does it have to run as root? There's no reason that any software
> should have to be run as root under Unix.

/bin/passwd, /bin/ping, /usr/sbin/traceroute, /usr/X11R6/bin/X...

;-P

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