It still runs as hobbit, it is just that any script in init.d gets run as root by init. So consequently anything that needs to be run by a user such as hobbit, has its startup script coded to do an su hobbit -c "blahblahblah". In other words, hobbit still runs as hobbit but the startup script can be run as root.

Anyway I think this discussion is dead. :-)

David Peters

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Craig Cook <Craig.Cook at carquest.com> wrote on 09/06/2009 11:04:18 PM:

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RE: [hobbit] Hobbit startup script.

Craig Cook

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'hobbit at hswn.dk'

10/06/2009 12:33 AM

Please respond to hobbit

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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

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