Aaron,
Thanks for your sarcastic remarks, I -think-. :^)
I'm never sure how to take sarcasm, even face to face, but I wouldn't
lose confidence in the software because of *this*.
The software author (me), who is admittedly obsessed with online
democracy, believes that if you keep votes for your online community,
it is the single biggest responsibility happening in your machine.
This characteristic of the author is a good sign about the software.
I feel safer running The Clerk (the underlying dataserver) as root
because then only one password has access to the data files.
But, you can do as you wish, of course.
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> At 23:59 -0800, 08 Feb. 1998, Marilyn Davis <marilyn@deliberate.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for your comment, Norbert.
> > >
> > > Hmm... the instructions say that it should be run as root, but it is
> >
> > Actually, it's only a recommendation. You can set up the permissions
> > as you wish.
>
> You recommend that it be run as root even though it doesn't need to be?
> <sarcasm>That gives me a lot of confidence.</sarcasm> Ever hear of the
> principle of least priviledge?
>
> --
> Aaron Schrab aaron@schrab.com http://www.execpc.com/~aarons/
> Bus error -- please leave by the rear door.
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