Ticket #1675 (closed enhancement: fixed)

Opened 3 years ago

Last modified 3 years ago

refuse to run as root

Reported by: sascha_silbe Owned by: sascha_silbe
Priority: Unspecified by Maintainer Milestone: 0.88
Component: sugar Version: Git as of bugdate
Severity: Trivial Keywords: r+
Cc: tomeu Distribution/OS: Unspecified
Bug Status: Assigned

Description

It's a very bad idea to run Sugar as root for a variety of reasons, but there seem to be people who try it (and fail) nevertheless. Failing early and with a clear message increases safety and safes precious developer and user time.

Attachments

0001-sugar-sugar-emulator-refuse-to-run-as-root-1675.patch Download (1.2 KB) - added by sascha_silbe 3 years ago.
sugar, sugar-emulator: refuse to run as root

Change History

Changed 3 years ago by sascha_silbe

sugar, sugar-emulator: refuse to run as root

Changed 3 years ago by tomeu

  • keywords r+ added; r? removed

Awesome, thanks!

Changed 3 years ago by sascha_silbe

  • status changed from new to closed
  • resolution set to fixed
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