RE: Problem creating swap directories

From: Dave J Woolley <DJW@dont-contact.us>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 16:21:46 +0100

> From: Laura M. Padilla [SMTP:lpadilla@cise.ufl.edu]
>
> Is this because I am running it as root? Are there problems
>
        More likely because you are not running as root
        but something critical on the path is only accessible
        to root.

> associated with running squid as root?
>
        You make it unnecessarily easy for a hacker to take over
        the system, if, for instance, they find a buffer overrun
        loophole in squid.
Received on Tue May 25 1999 - 09:27:36 MDT

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