Re: Why do some oninit process's run as root?

"david.tamburin" wrote: > > Hello all, > Why do some oninit process's run as root? > As everyone know running anything as root is a security issue on unix > systems. They run as root precisely to avoid security issues. As from version 6.00 both the oninit processes and as Madison detailed, the shared memory segments are owned by root. > Is there any way to run all process's as informix? No. This would become a security issue. :-) The only security issue when they are owned by root is who you give the root password to. ;-) Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ |Mark D. Stock - Informix SA http://www.informix.com |//////// /| |mailto:mdstock@informix.com http://www.informix.com/idn |///// / //| |http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | Tel: +27 11 807 0313 |If it's slow, the users complain. |/// / ////| | Fax: +27 838250 2325 |If it's fast, the users keep quiet.|// / /////| |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Therefore, "No news: travels fast"!|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+