Re: Running Apps As Root Considered Unwise [re: # amule, distributed apps]
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Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 08:23:32 UTC
On Wed, 8 Feb 2023 18:44:24 -0500 grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> wrote: > Users should probably not be running random applications > that they downloaded from the untrustable internet as root. Certainly not in any environment that's doing anything else or is trusted in any way. If the only thing at risk is a dedicated (virtual perhaps) machine connected only to the public internet then being root doesn't matter - otherwise it matters a lot. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>