Re: Running Apps As Root Considered Unwise [re: # amule, distributed apps]

On 2/8/23 6:44 PM, grarpamp wrote:
> On 2/8/23, Luciano Mannucci <luciano@vespaperitivo.it> wrote:
>> root@marietto:/usr/home/marietto # amule
> 
> Users should probably not be running random applications
> that they downloaded from the untrustable internet as root.

Wow, this sounds like an advise from MS world. In case of UNIX when user 
was saying "I crashed the machine" I replied: you do not have admin/root 
privileges. If something went wrong it is not your fault, but the fault 
of the system, and my - sysadmin's - who didn't configure the system 
secure enough, so regular user can not do damage to the system or work 
of other users on the machine.

Just my 2 cents.

Valeri

> Far too many exploits/bugs have happened that way around world.
> Use a VM or disposable, or remap IP ports, an unpriviledged user, etc.
> 
> If people want to explore or make more ports, FreeBSD will compile
> and run many of the newer distributed sharing/filestorage/chat/crypto
> apps beyond amule too. Have fun :)
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