Anyone looking for a great introduction to putting the principle of least privilege into action, check out David Wheeler's article at:
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-sppriv.html?ca=dgr-lnxw04Privileges It cites one of my favorite examples of least privilege, Wietse Venema's Postfix program. Great stuff, check it out. Cheers, Ken -- KRvW Associates, LLC http://www.KRvW.com