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List:       e-smith-devinfo
Subject:    Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Re: Replacing existing services, e.g. PureFTPD
From:       Rich Lafferty <rich_lafferty () Mitel ! COM>
Date:       2002-09-20 20:14:21
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On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 10:07:58PM +0200, Brandon Friedman <brandonf@bfconsult.co.za> wrote:
> Can't you change the UID on server to run as non-root users?
> 
> Where it runs as a standalone deamon?

No, it has to be able to switch to whatever user is logging in. If it
ran as any user other than root, then it couldn't read and write my
files when I logged in.

  -Rich

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