Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 22:01:05 +0200 From: Tomasz CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> To: K Lu <kludev@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can non-root user create/start services? Message-ID: <CAM8r67Az%2BNG2qRui3LDmzx4TEnRjEqwp8dim2_dL=Ds6sdjzQA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAM8r67CD1Sd9nFz=1Wrui414eVUNuRMRkOJp4BONeO%2Bgep2zMA@mail.gmail.com> References: <ED008A9A-A5BE-4BEB-B636-D60295F59C8A@gmail.com> <CAM8r67CD1Sd9nFz=1Wrui414eVUNuRMRkOJp4BONeO%2Bgep2zMA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 9:58 PM Tomasz CEDRO wrote: > In general Unix always separates root (administrator tasks) from users > (non administrative tasks). This is why "gaining root" as > standard/restricted user is always the most interesting part ;-) Clarification - any way for your user to perform root operations is also a good way for others to perform root actions - this is usually a serious security threat and you want avoid that :-) -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info
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