Hi Christiaan the warning has been removed in github, it was there because compiling as root was causing compilation errors due to inability to find some headers, however it is not necessary.
Alfredo > On 02 Dec 2015, at 08:46, Christiaan Schade > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'll try one more time with this question... especially considering I'm not > the only one who is interested > > On 11/19/2015 09:33 AM, Christiaan Schade wrote: >> Any more information on this Luca, Alfredo? >> >> On 11/16/2015 03:56 PM, wang wrote: >>> Actually I am also think about this, as I compiled it as root but so far, >>> it looks like everything is ok. >>> >>> Wang >>> >>>> On Nov 16, 2015, at 9:39 PM, Christiaan Schade >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> You guys show a warning when compiling PF_RING as root: >>>> ****** WARNING WARNING WARNING ****** * * Compiling PF_RING as root might >>>> lead you to compile errors * Please compile PF_RING as unpriviliged user * >>>> ***************************************** >>>> >>>> I'm wondering what the idea behind this warning is... I think it's been >>>> there for a long time, but I can't think of a reason why there would be a >>>> problem when compiling as root, other than the fact >>>> that a later 'make clean' etc. also needs to be run as root >>>> . >>>> We've created a .deb package for PF_RING, which is installed/compiled by >>>> dpkg. When dpkg compiles PF_RING, it does so as the root user. >>>> >>>> So far it has never caused problems, but I'd like to know if there's some >>>> scenario where this could lead to problems. >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> ATTENTION: >>>> The information in this email message is confidential and may be legally >>>> privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. >>>> >>>> Should you receive this message by mistake, you are hereby notified that >>>> any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or use of this >>>> message is prohibited and may be unlawful. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ntop-misc mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ntop-misc mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc >>> >> > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ATTENTION: > The information in this email message is confidential and may be legally > privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. > > Should you receive this message by mistake, you are hereby notified that > any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or use of this > message is prohibited and may be unlawful. > _______________________________________________ > Ntop-misc mailing list > [email protected] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc _______________________________________________ Ntop-misc mailing list [email protected] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc
