Dear All,
Is there any way I can run Lotus Notes client on SLED10 as root?
Many thanks in advance.
With regards,
Satadru Sengupta
Subject: I’m not sure why this would be desirable?..
- If Notes needs access to specific resources, change the permissions on those resources rather than run Notes as root. Unix, and from that Linux, was designed from the ground up to support operation of nearly anything without root access. Giving Notes root is tossing that entire model out on its ear, which seems ill advised at best.
Hope this helps…
Subject: Single Sign-on feature.
The Single Sign-on feature can only be enabled or disabled if one has the administrator access in Windows, or root privileges in Linux. I know nothing about Unix, hence, I will not comment on that OS.
However, it is the issue of Single Sign-on feature which has prompted me to think on the lines of operating Lotus Notes Client as root. Which, I am curious to know, as to how it could be made possible.
Many thanks in advance for your replies.
With regards,
Satadru Sengupta
Subject: I fear I am no help…
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I know nothing about SSO and consider it a security violation. Convenience and security are mutually exclusive … by increasing one, you must decrease the other. (shrug) It’s all a balancing act.
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But this is Notes. Couldn’t the Admin process do that or something? Very few things in Notes have only one solution.
Sorry I couldn’t help…