If it is standard practice for services to run as SYSTEM then we should probably do that too. We don't need to be spending our time and energy reinventing how to install software on Windows.
Ian. On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> wrote: > How hard would it be to run Freenet as the user that installed it? > > ----- toad at zceUWxlSaHLmvEMnbr4RHnVfehA ----- 2008.03.15 - 23:11:45GMT > ----- > > Clearly running as SYSTEM is bad. However every other service runs as SYSTEM, > if we just install a service to run Freenet, it will run as SYSTEM. We > decided this is bad so we made it run as a custom user for Freenet. > > ----- Anonymous ----- 2008.03.15 - 23:25:43GMT ----- > > That's not right Toad. My computer won't just automatically boot up now. I > have to press the user button. Just installing freenet did this to my > computer without telling me. > > ----- cptn_insano at _g2YxqIynCrs2bcwLGQkr+0b544 ----- 2008.03.17 - > 13:58:17GMT ----- > > You mean it boots up but no longer logs you in automatically. > Many windows boxes will login automatically if there is only one user > account. > That is the default behavior unless steps have been taken to secure the > system. > Not using Welcome Screen & requiring Ctrl-Alt-Del to login being two > examples. > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > -- Email: ian at uprizer.com Cell: +1 512 422 3588 Skype: sanity
