2 Jan
2014
2 Jan
'14
12:14 a.m.
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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