Olaf: As a general rule for Linux, do NOT run ANYTHING under root unless it needs to be. As a general rule, everything should be run as an unprivileged/"non-root" user until you need the higher privileges, at which time you "su". This not only applies to Linux, but basic security practice on all systems. The idea is, if a program is compromised (due to a bug or other flaw), the exploiter can only access the files that are available to the user which the program runs under.
THAT being said, try the documentation @ http://freenetproject.org/documentation.html. Specifically, this page (http://wiki.freenetproject.org/FreenetInstallationLinux) shows how the system can start and how to get it to startup with your computer. That page also explains how to "secure" your freenet install. On 6/19/07, Olaf Zaplinski <o.zaplinski at broadnet.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I just installed it on Debian Linux 4.0. How to proceed now? A connection to > 127.0.0.1:8888 is refused, and now I am trying to find out how to start that > thing. I found run.sh and assume that this is the script that I should > start, but it told me that I should not run it as root. Why not? I want to > write an init script so that Freenet is started at system boot. > > Okay, how to proceed? I wish there was a read-here-if-it-does-not-work > documentation. > > Olaf > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > Support at freenetproject.org > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > Or mailto:support-request at freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe >
