ha.. Incredible... In two lines, she summarized the whole
discussion!!
I'm learning linux still, but I agree that a mundane task
as start/stop the server must be executed by a mundane user,
not by the super-user root.

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:51:51 -0500, Ann W. Harrison wrote:

>Alex Peshkov wrote:
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>> This would be great. But before making it standard in linux, let's
>> decide - do we really need to use security policy of database server
>> differing from one of host OS?
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>I vote yes - the ability to manage the database server should not
>equate to the ability to screw up the whole system.
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