>>> One other thing: if you can avoid running commands as root, I'd >>> strongly suggest doing so. Your second screenshot shows that you're >>> running as root superuser, and the imaginary security demon that sits >>> on my left shoulder is laughing uproariously as we speak. >> >> Haha Yes I am aware of people like you who are just itching to exploit >> vulnerabilities like that; however, the programs my company uses to >> broadcast will only run as root. > > > That's a really bad design decision, and rarely necessary. It is often > _easy_, but it leaves your systems at much greater risk.
I agree with Cameron. On a scale from 1 to 10, where 10 is "oh my god this is bad", what you're doing by running such a program as root is about an 8 or 9. But, then, I've always been an optimist. The fact that you're doing this in the context of a company, where things actually _matter_, turns the situation from what I thought was merely "dubious" into one that's closer to "criminal". Please, please get an education from your local friendly Unix system administrator about running as root superuser. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
