On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 13:04:56 +1200 Matthew Gregan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do not run anything as root that does not need root privileges. thats what i meant by "the usual paranoia" > > It's a simple rule to follow most of the time, so there is no reason not > to adhere to it. > > Off the top of my head, here's one example reason why you shouldn't > compile the kernel as root: if the compile fills your filesystem, it > will fill the whole filesystem. If you ran the compile as an > unprivileged user, the compile process would only be able to fill the > filesystem up to the point where any additional space is reserved for > root (which is 10% by default, and specified by the -m option to mkfs). ok very good point, thanks. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
