9 Jun
2009
9 Jun
'09
1:04 p.m.
Sorry I wasn't asking how to do it, just why the script has to run as hobbit when you install out of the box.
It's a security thing. It is not good practice to run applications as root. If someone exploits a "let to be discovered" bug in Xymon they will not be able to crash it and become root.
Craig