On 02.Jan.2014, at 00:53, Eliezer Croitoru wrote: > I want to make sure that while compiling as root nothing will break down > inside the machine. > > I want to compile software on a Xeon SERVER. > The basic issue is that there is a recommendation to not compile it as a > root user. Actually I would go even further and not recommend to have a compiler installed on a server. > > 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? > > I have taken a look at the /proc/ FS but I do not see anything that can > harm anything yet. > > From my aspect it's just background of electricity noise. An example: imagine a Makefile with a clean target $BUILDDIR=something clean: rm -rf $BUILDDIR/* a bug in the configure script could lead to an empty $BUILDDIR in the Makefile. What do you think happens when you type # make clean -- Markus