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Re: [ic] Permission problems starting Interchange as interch vs root
Quoting Curt Hauge (chc@mninter.net):
> I read this: MiniVend will refuse to run as root; that would be patently
> unsafe. It runs as any normal user.
> I read it here:
> http://developer2.akopia.com/archive/interchange-users/1998/msg00089.html
>
> I read this: Important note: Interchange must not run as root...
> I read it here:
> http://interchange.redhat.com/cgi-bin/ic/docfly.html?mv_arg=icconfig16%2e02
>
Running as root, it will not let you do. But the init.d script does an
"su -c $interchange_user" before starting it.
In any case, we would not promulgate that method of running things
unless we believed it was safe.
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