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authorPeter Powell <petpow@saberuk.com>2013-09-24 22:36:28 +0100
committerPeter Powell <petpow@saberuk.com>2013-09-26 15:54:37 +0100
commite51ea66534e407bd5314d2df3ecdaf8ef2e7d310 (patch)
treec5ed56ef297da359fa722e844c03261c4376ca5f /docs/conf
parentb8440f4a023069e31f0af75dd9c15af3c3f9a26c (diff)
Improve error reporting for <security:runas{user,group}>.
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-rw-r--r--docs/conf/inspircd.conf.example10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/conf/inspircd.conf.example b/docs/conf/inspircd.conf.example
index 9512e17c4..20344792e 100644
--- a/docs/conf/inspircd.conf.example
+++ b/docs/conf/inspircd.conf.example
@@ -718,13 +718,15 @@
# no Do not show
operspywhois="no"
- # runasuser: If this is set, InspIRCd will attempt to setuid
- # to run as this user- allows binding of ports under 1024.
+ # runasuser: If this is set, InspIRCd will attempt to switch
+ # to run as this user, which allows binding of ports under 1024.
+ # You should NOT set this unless you are starting as root.
# NOT SUPPORTED/NEEDED UNDER WINDOWS.
#runasuser=""
- # runasgroup: If this is set, InspIRCd will attempt to set group
- # to run under this group, which allows binding of ports under 1024
+ # runasgroup: If this is set, InspIRCd will attempt to switch
+ # to run as this group, which allows binding of ports under 1024.
+ # You should NOT set this unless you are starting as root.
# NOT SUPPORTED/NEEDED UNDER WINDOWS.
#runasgroup=""