[Wolves] Couple of Konqueror q's

Aquarius aquarius-lists at kryogenix.org
Thu Feb 5 00:21:09 GMT 2004


In article <1075937237.2727.8.camel at bart> you wrote:
> Oh, a third unrelated question - everyone always says 'don't run as
> root' which i don't on my two desktop boxes, but my webserver is only
> set up for root at the moment. Does the 'don't run as root' bit apply to
> a machine which is in a locked room, with no kb or monitor, and behind a
> firewall?

Depends. The first time you write a CGI which accidentally does "rm -rf /", you'll 
think, hm, should I have done that?

Don't run as root.

Aq.

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