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Re: PHP coder needs Tor details

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From: Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:53:32 +0100
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> To shorten... How do I allow nobody to utilize Tor (It can already
> do that but I must start it like a root and stop it like a root)

Please don't.

The very reason Unix is more secure than Windows is that Unix actively
uses the permission system to prevent insecure things like PHP from
munging the networking daemons.  By running PHP with higher
privileges, you'll make your Unix system just as insecure as Windows.

                                        Juliusz

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