[syslog-ng]destination X { program(); }; and security

[Tommi Virtanen]

David Douthitt <ssrat@mailbag.com> writes:

> Also, I noticed that items run via program() run as root - at least
> when syslog-ng is run as root.  Is it possible to have syslog-ng drop
> priveledges?  In fact, is it possible to have syslog-ng drop its own
> priveledges as soon as possible and run as a normal user?  Perhaps as
> nobody?

	I made a patch for the latter, it's included in a modified
        form in current releases. You are not doing your studies :)

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