[CentOS] I want to ask about some Kernel level operations.

[John R Pierce]

On 1/1/2014 3:53 PM, Eliezer Croitoru wrote:
> I have compiled software as a root user more then once and I am not sure
> why would there is a need to run it as non-root user?

Its the principle of least privilege.

You don't need to be root to compile software, or to test software in a 
local directory, you only need root privileges to install it to a system 
directory.   When you're developing, building, testing software, there's 
a very good chance of something going wrong, so if you are running as a 
non-root user, the potential damages are minimized.


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john r pierce                                      37N 122W
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