So I should interpret it as 'unless you have a really good reason and you know what you're doing'? (Which I answer 'no' to twice)
On Mon, 13 May 2019, 12:36 Geert Stappers, <stapp...@hendrikx-itc.nl> wrote: > > On 13-05-2019 11:02, Roy Marples wrote: > > On 13/05/2019 09:31, Kristoffel Pirard wrote: > >> The dnsmasq man page for the --user parameter says that "Dnsmasq must > >> _normally_ be started as root". We tested starting as non-root user, > >> but with capabilities cap_net_bind_service, cap_net_admin, > >> cap_net_raw. It currently seems to work, but I'm debating if we > >> should actually use this 'hack'. > >> > >> So should the ambiguous adverb 'normally' be removed from the > >> documentation? If not, what are the circumstances in which it is > >> allowed to not start as root? > > > > The whole world is not Linux. Most other OS's don't have these caps. > > > > > In other words: The _normally_ in 'Dnsmasq must normally be started > as root' is correct. > > > Cheers > > Geert Stappers > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list > Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk > http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss >
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