Seems the right way , so less privileges = is better On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Alex Peshkoff <peshk...@mail.ru> wrote: > Hello all! > > In posix builds since FB2.0 we use 'firebird' runuser as default, but > support (at least on linux) scripts to switch between 'firebird' and > 'root' runusers. It's clear that using root as runuser is potential > security hole for any system. On the other hand no problems with running > firebird server in non-root mode were found during that years. Therefore > I suggest to drop support of switching firebird to 'root' runuser since > FB3. (Certainly it does not prevent user to switch runuser to 'root' > manually, but this is not our issue.) > > Any problems with this suggestion? > > A. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! > Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies > and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step > tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
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