Uhm.. is that bad? The only way i could get the circlemud file transfered
over to linux was through windows and it wouldn't let me gunzip from any
other user than root. What am i doing to myself here? =)
> Hi George.
>
> > _Please_ do not tell me you are running the MUD as root...
>
> May be interesting to add this to main() function of CircleMUD:
>
> #ifdef CIRCLE_UNIX
> if (!getuid()) {
> fprintf(stderr, "Please, *DO*NOT* run CircleMUD as root! Someone may
> get hurt!\r\n");
> exit(1);
> }
> #endif
>
> This will encourage newbie coders to learn more about the OS before
> running CircleMUD.
> This idea may be enhanced by adding a touch(KILLSCRIPT_FILE), and an
> entry to the running.doc file explaining this.
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: |
| http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : 04/10/01 PDT