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

[gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>]

On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 11:18:37AM -0400, Bill Jonas wrote:
> 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...

None of those need to (and, in almost all cases, should never) be
run as root.

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gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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