[squid-users] Running Squid fully as root

[Eliezer Croitoru]

You can run squid as root if you want but it still not recommended.
If you have a specific application running ontop of linux you can set 
the setuid/stick bit and it will start with the user or group 
privileges.

Eliezer

On 2018-10-08 08:41, reinerotto wrote:
> The problem is the external ACL-helper, started by squid. It runs as 
> "nobody"
> actually, but it needs to start a special program, which must run as 
> root.
> FYI, openwrt is a shrinked-down LINUX, for embedded systems with 
> limited
> resources, without any user besides the admin.
> openwrt often is used for smart routers, for example. Practically all
> processes run as root.
> 
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