On Friday, Sep 20, 2002, at 08:14 Pacific/Auckland, ChyeNW wrote: > using FreeBSD-3.2 > running ircu2.10.11, latest from CVS > > bash-2.03$ ./ircd > ERROR: This server will not run as superuser. > bash-2.03$ > > Anybody knows why this happens ? >
it is not recommended to run ircd as root, create a special user to run it as, then run it. -- Regards Richard Smith Media Design School Technician -- http://www.mediadesign.school.nz/ CAUTION: This communication is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you have received it in error you must not use, disclose, copy or retain it. Please immediately notify us by return email and then delete the email. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner with McAfee UVScan, and is believed to be clean.
