Re: root user restriction?

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Wed, 2010-11-03 at 09:41 +0100, Goran Bekic wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm wandering why does Glom insist on NOT using the root/administrator
> account?

It's because we use PostgreSQL, which, because it is a network service,
wisely does not allow itself to be run with full admin access.

> Is there a work around - I am willing to risk the "security" issues

But we can't encourage people to take those risks. Nobody would thank us
for allowing them to do so when something bad actually happens.

>  (which would be what exactly?)
> Im trying to use it on  a WinXP SP3 pro, on an account that has
> administrative privileges.

Then you should just create an account that does not have full admin
privileges. It's been a while since I used Windows every day, but I'm
quite sure that it's not wise to use an admin account regularly for
non-admin work.


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