[distcc] Re: Red Hat packaging patch for 0.15
Ben Elliston
bje at redhat.com
Tue Dec 17 13:41:01 GMT 2002
>>>>> "Jean-Eric" == Jean-Eric Cuendet <jean-eric.cuendet at linkvest.com> writes:
Jean-Eric> But running under nobody is *better* than under root, in
Jean-Eric> all condition!
I was not disagreeing with you there :-)
Jean-Eric> User nobody shouldn't have files.
distcc creates working files on the slaves, so I'm not sure what your
point is here. The other more complex daemons I mentioned create
files as well.
Jean-Eric> But a solution could be:
Jean-Eric> - If distcc user *already* exists, use it in xinetd script
Jean-Eric> - If distcc user is not available, use nobody
Jean-Eric> - If nobody user is not available, use root
How about creating a "distcc" user if one does not already exist?
Ben
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