"Chad N. Tindel" <chad@tindel.net> writes:
> <RANT>As a programmer, I personally would never write code that kept
> people from running things as root. I mean, what is the point?
If someone roots your box, it's not our fault. Simple as that.
Personally, I wish more net-accessible servers were written with that
philosophy. The correct question is NEVER "why can't I run this as
root?". The correct question is ALWAYS "how can I avoid running this as
root? And if I can't avoid it, why not?". Any other approach leads to
Outlook Express. (BTW, have you forgotten the SQL Server worm already?)
regards, tom lane