Root privilege
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This is a seperate entry because -- surprise -- you don't have to be [[root]] to run programs (or for [[daemons]] to run themselves) as root in order to have root privilege. Any daemon, user or group that has a [[uid]] or [[gid]] of 0 runs as [[root]] effectively. So anyone that hijacks an account that has a root uid is effectively root. Which is why it's a good idea to run as few programs as possible that do that. | This is a seperate entry because -- surprise -- you don't have to be [[root]] to run programs (or for [[daemons]] to run themselves) as root in order to have root privilege. Any daemon, user or group that has a [[uid]] or [[gid]] of 0 runs as [[root]] effectively. So anyone that hijacks an account that has a root uid is effectively root. Which is why it's a good idea to run as few programs as possible that do that. | ||
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Revision as of 23:31, 23 December 2004
This is a seperate entry because -- surprise -- you don't have to be root to run programs (or for daemons to run themselves) as root in order to have root privilege. Any daemon, user or group that has a uid or gid of 0 runs as root effectively. So anyone that hijacks an account that has a root uid is effectively root. Which is why it's a good idea to run as few programs as possible that do that.
