running an irc daemon as root is a bad idea for security reasons therefore you should run it as a user with the minumum permissions required to make it run
now for some reason rather than expecting server admins to be sensible and take responsibility for thier own security they force them to do it >From: Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: ChyeNW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Coder-Com] Unable to start server >Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:33:11 +1200 > >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. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
