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Like your maximally uncharitable interpretation of the original comment.

• ajross 4y ago
  That still seems senselessly combative. I wasn't being mean, at least re-reading my comment it doesn't seem so to me. What's the deal here? Who did I offend, and how? To repeat a third time: don't run stuff as root simply because you assume root elevation exploits exist. I stand by that, and don't really think anyone here disagrees.
  • tremon 4y ago
    I don't think you were being mean, but you are being dense. This is the OP's statement: > anyone with login access has some ability to become root If you take that to mean "I run all my software as root", then you're being maximally uncharitable. And when people point out to you that your interpretation isn't the only one available (nor the most logical one), you accuse others of being senselessly combative?
  • kelnos 4y ago
    > I wasn't being mean, at least re-reading my comment it doesn't seem so to me. I don't have a dog in this race, but you started your comment with "I bet you don't", which, to me, is unnecessarily combative and/or snarky. Right out of the gate I was predisposed to think ill of whatever you had to say.
    • ajross 4y ago
      FWIW: the grandparent has editted the comment to remove the framing I was responding to (something along the lines of "root access is inevitable"), which explains why everyone is being so outrageously touchy. I guess I should have quoted. My apologies for seeming "snarky", but the conversation you read isn't the one I was engaged in. But let me repeat for a fourth time that you shouldn't be running processes as root, whether or not you have worries about undiscovered vulnerabilities and especially regardless of whether you are "predisposed to think ill" of the people telling you that. UID separation isn't a perfect model, but it's a good one, and you should use it.