[SERVER-12637] Startup warning when run as root Created: 06/Feb/14 Updated: 11/Jul/16 Resolved: 11/Sep/14 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | Core Server |
| Component/s: | Diagnostics, Security |
| Affects Version/s: | None |
| Fix Version/s: | 2.7.7 |
| Type: | Improvement | Priority: | Major - P3 |
| Reporter: | Kevin Pulo | Assignee: | Amalia Hawkins |
| Resolution: | Done | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | startup_warning | ||
| Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Time Spent: | Not Specified | ||
| Original Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
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| Description |
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Since it's a bad idea on so many levels to run mongod and/or mongos as the root user, they should at least log a startup warning when uid == 0. |
| Comments |
| Comment by Githook User [ 11/Sep/14 ] |
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Author: {u'username': u'hawka', u'name': u'Amalia Hawkins', u'email': u'amalia.hawkins@10gen.com'}Message: |