Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:47:27 -0800, Michael Thomas wrote: > > >>Daemon processes >>================ >>Some games such as wesnoth and xpilot-ng come with server daemons. I >>see three choices for the owner of these daemon processes: >> >>1) root (ick!) >>2) Allocate a separate '<gamename>' user for each package/daemon >>3) Piggyback on the 'games' user >> >>My preference would be #3. Are there any drawbacks to reusing the >>'games' user to run various game daemons? > > > Do you like to predict for the future that game no.1 should be able > to access files and directories from game no.2 and vice versa without > any security risks? Good point. But couldn't that be worked around with selinux policies? --Mike
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