Subject: Re: Do not build kernel as root?
To: None <port-vax@netbsd.org>
From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis@mcmanis.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 08/02/1999 13:39:47
At 09:13 PM 8/2/99 +0200, cthulhu@flashnet.it wrote:
>On Sun, Aug 01, 1999 at 08:55:59PM -0700, Chuck McManis wrote:
>> 	3) Build your kernels as a user other than root.
>Why?

Because then the version string will say "cthulhu@foovax" not "root@foovax"
and when your kernel gets out into the wild wild world. Its nice to be able
to rememeber where it came from. 

--Chuck