Yes, that is the recommended way. Processes are started as root, since they may need to perform some privileged operation (e.g. bind to a port below 1000). It is the responsibility of the process itself to drop privileges as soon as possible.
/ Anders W On 12/29/2014 03:48 PM, Tony Hart wrote: > Thanks Anders. In that case we’ll look into changing the uid/gid in our > processes when they start. > > >> On Dec 29, 2014, at 9:02 AM, Anders Widell <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Well, the only way at the moment is if you put back the code that was >> removed in ticket [#1138]. :-) >> >> It seems that this change was not backwards compatible so we will have >> to look at how to handle it. >> >> regards, >> Anders Widell >> >> On 12/26/2014 06:36 PM, Tony Hart wrote: >>> We were trying out osaf 4.5 in our system and noticed some failures. Seems >>> that our OSAF started processes are now running as root rather than with >>> the uid/gid from the executable. Seems that this change in behavior maybe >>> due to patch #1138. >>> >>> Is there a way to revert to the original behavior? >>> >>> thanks >>> — >>> tony >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, >>> sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your >>> hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought >>> leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a >>> look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Opensaf-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensaf-users >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Opensaf-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensaf-users
