[cups.general] Q. Proper way to startup cupsd as a non-root user as opposed to debian hacks?

[Klaus Singvogel]

wtautz wrote:
> Michael, Does cups allow running as a non-root user? Obviously
> I know I could just start it up as a non-root user but that clearly
> implies it would have limited capabilities from the start.
> 
> Most daemons that run as a non-root user usually start up
> as root and then exec a child with lesser priviledges *after*
> they checked things like permissions and the like.

I (SUSE) endorse this proposal too (again :). The objections of our
security team would be reduced then, and we might provide an enabled
daemon after installation in the future (= means without a required
interaction from the user).

Regards,
	Klaus.
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