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  • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uktoLinux@lemmy.mlRun command as not-root
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    1 year ago

    The system is broken. Wipe it and start again. I could imagine a system with no configured root but root only is just a security nightmare and not worth using as a starting point.

    I really hope that machine isn't exposed to the internet…

    In theory a root application can drop capabilities when it starts up and remain root pid, but it's not that common… it's used for certain system apps that require root to increase security. It is not a replacement for unprivileged users.











  • 2.1 is ancient.

    A heck of a lot of old stuff has been deprecated in the intervening years… it's possible your drivers don't support emulating that old… although I'd found most can still do 1.x (because it was relatively simple, fixed pipeline).

    TBH though if you're writing anything new I'd start with vulkan, as it's really the next gen and nowadays supported everywhere.