On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 Anthony.Golia@morganstanley.com wrote:
> thx, i should've seen that. believe it or not, it's easier for me to
> just run it as root than create a new user. what's the down side to
> running it as root?
>
If, for some reason, someone is able to get Zebra/Quagga to crush in a
specific way, they could potentially end up with root privs on your
box. They're going to get the privs of the program they crush.
What is so hard about typing "adduser zebra"?
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