[Zope] - Zope Ports

[Andreas Kostyrka]

On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Michel Pelletier wrote:

> >You can not just create a user with root access. 
> >There is one user root <-> uid==0. You could create more usernames for
> >root, but this is not a very good idea.
> 
> I've never used it but I also believe you can use 'sudo' (if your system 
> has it) to give non-root users certain root priviledges.
sudo (or su1, etc.) allow non-root user to run programs as root. This
is still the same as running the process as root, with the added
``benefit'' that you do not have to share the root passwd.

As most programs are not designed to be run as root by non-root users,
this is less than ideal.

Andreas