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On Thursday 19 Sep 2002 9:14 pm, ChyeNW wrote:
> Anybody knows why this happens ?
Yes, you're running it as the superuser, ie root. Don't. Run it as some
other user. Most servers run the ircd as irc. Makes sense when you think
about it
On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 01:14:20PM -0700, ChyeNW wrote:
> bash-2.03$ ./ircd
> ERROR: This server will not run as superuser.
> bash-2.03$
>
> Anybody knows why this happens ?
Pretty much exactly why it says it does. Run ircd as a normal
user, preferrably an account set aside for the pur
do it
>From: Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: ChyeNW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [Coder-Com] Unable to start server
>Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:33:11 +1200
>
>On Friday, Sep 20, 2002, at 08:14 Pacific/Auckland, ChyeNW wrote
> using FreeBSD-3.2
> running ircu2.10.11, latest from CVS
>
> bash-2.03$ ./ircd
> ERROR: This server will not run as superuser.
> bash-2.03$
>
> Anybody knows why this happens ?
Maybe because the server doesn't want to run as the superuser?
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Kevin L. Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Friday, Sep 20, 2002, at 08:14 Pacific/Auckland, ChyeNW wrote:
> using FreeBSD-3.2
> running ircu2.10.11, latest from CVS
>
> bash-2.03$ ./ircd
> ERROR: This server will not run as superuser.
> bash-2.03$
>
> Anybody knows why this happens ?
>
it is not recommended to run ircd as root, creat
using FreeBSD-3.2
running ircu2.10.11, latest from CVS
bash-2.03$ ./ircd
ERROR: This server will not run as superuser.
bash-2.03$
Anybody knows why this happens ?
