Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-users-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 53171 invoked from network); 9 Nov 2007 12:45:11 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 9 Nov 2007 12:45:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 35905 invoked by uid 500); 9 Nov 2007 12:44:47 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-users-archive@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 35892 invoked by uid 500); 9 Nov 2007 12:44:46 -0000 Mailing-List: contact users-help@httpd.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: users@httpd.apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list users@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 35881 invoked by uid 99); 9 Nov 2007 12:44:46 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:44:46 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of krist.vanbesien@gmail.com designates 209.85.198.184 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.198.184] (HELO rv-out-0910.google.com) (209.85.198.184) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:44:49 +0000 Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so391585rvb for ; Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:44:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=vqwVAC9LLg0wOou0bEJGx0CtJv9UgAr3RsvYsoSUsw0=; b=peR6+46uP/clyzZ4WGfV7oxQ257TfgvKFfL0qKJO0wqYyg9hSbkNfs2o6CDH8Ab+M6c8FoKNswnGlVuPaoFUzq39oaxUBJYwEQRyCkfsmx9ZasOCIC8SlHjgXsuYMDqSYP6Xa0NvXKBUqs9nT+0Ld8iAaddZqxDhMYWaSHYRe1o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=DZCkwB3DoMVsrWKo6VBj7myvDEK7KSgXmyoiPVAVikkurqTN8tcLPCTlA5th7IhsaZReEFojxbyUIWCUCOZaRHrAt+WQMQj6My4rqnEUYIuOk6iCeyQJH8IvQ0UCCEASLL57jG8I/rG8Q8VRcyf23hRCbMltfxmWUG93+FH1VyM= Received: by 10.114.61.1 with SMTP id j1mr248994waa.1194612269137; Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:44:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.115.33.15 with HTTP; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 04:44:29 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <6ed6382b0711090444u6e6fc231u8ea2cb22ed2edc2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:44:29 +0100 From: "Krist van Besien" To: users@httpd.apache.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <330442.3067.qm@web26206.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <20071106155934.GA25660@w032y7.pnet.ch> <6ed6382b0711080200x2443ea3au80a95b097435bc41@mail.gmail.com> <20071108100951.GA5393@w032y7.pnet.ch> <6ed6382b0711080613o44be266dlc497d72575b85cd6@mail.gmail.com> <6ed6382b0711080739x3ecb16a9hab39852a97323ecd@mail.gmail.com> X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Subject: Re: [users@httpd] apache as non-root On Nov 8, 2007 4:48 PM, Axel-Stephane SMORGRAV wrote: > Somebody trusted you enough to give YOU the root password. > > Why should you not in turn entrust others with the privileges that will allow them to do their job? I'm not against giving people the privileges needed to do their jobs. I'm just not comfortable with giving an operator that has little unix knowledge root access. Its not only about trust. It's also about avoiding accidents... Krist -- krist.vanbesien@gmail.com krist@vanbesien.org Bremgarten b. Bern, Switzerland -- A: It reverses the normal flow of conversation. Q: What's wrong with top-posting? A: Top-posting. Q: What's the biggest scourge on plain text email discussions? --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@httpd.apache.org