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please just install a linux distribution and run ps aux. a ton of stuff just runs as root. either because there is no other way or because it's a bad default.
by merb 9y ago
please just install a linux distribution and run ps aux. a ton of stuff just runs as root. either because there is no other way or because it's a bad default.
- msbarnett 9y agoYeah it’s your job as a Unix dev or admin to not stick with crummy but convenient defaults, kid. Nothing exposed to the web or touching anything exposed to the web should be running as root. Each thing should be running under its own, very limited, user and group. If something gets hacked, you want it to be as least privileged as possible. We know how Unix works. We’re telling you because you clearly are out of your depth. If you don’t understand that you have no business maintaining anything on the internet.