[volunteergrid2-l] Install Tests

[Brad Rupp]

I have not found any information in the documentation about running as a 
non-privileged user.  However, to be fair, I have been reading the 
documentation on a need to know basis.  In other words, I have been 
reading what I need to know to get my node setup.  I very easily could 
have missed it.

Brad

On 1/29/2011 9:34 AM, Shawn Willden wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:55 PM, Brad Rupp <bradrupp at gmail.com
> <mailto:bradrupp at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I figured out the problem.  I assumed since I was installing
>     software that I needed to be root.  I also ran the test as root.
>       Once I figured out the error in my ways I installed the software
>     as non-root.  When I ran the tests as non-root, everything worked
>     great and the test passed.
>
>
> Ah, yes.  It's recommended to run Tahoe as a user with no privileges on
> the system.  The only files it should be able to read/write are the ones
> in its own working store.  Some people even install it in a chroot jail,
> though I find that to be too much work.
>
> Is this something that wasn't well-documented, or was it documented but
> you just missed it?  If the former, then we should probably see how the
> documentation can be improved.
>
> --
> Shawn
>
>
>
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