> It doesn't have to be root.  It just has to be under daemon or any
> other user which can read /etc/nfreenetd.conf and can read and write
> the contents of the /var/spool/freenet directory (which is not
> necessarily root).  I think that nfreenetd should run under daemon or
> freenet (yay, yet another item I have to add to /etc/passwd!).  Of
> course, setting up nfreenetd on a system may very well require root
> access (depends on how the system is configured and how the file
> system is set up).

Making a new user requires root. That means you have to be root to install
it. I hate program that you have to be root to install. I have many
machines on which I would like to run software but I can't install it
because it requires root access. Does it really *need* root access? No, it
does not access hardware devices, modify /etc/passwd, listen on ports
<1024. It requires root simply because of poor design.



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