Akonadi not starting in 4.5 RC-1

[Anoop]

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler at chello.at>wrote:

> Anoop wrote:
> > Test 2:  ERROR
> > --------
> >
> > Akonadi was started as root
> > Details: Running Internet-facing applications as root/administrator
> > exposes you to many security risks. MySQL, used by this Akonadi
> > installation, will not allow itself to run as root, to protect you from
> > these risks.
>
> BTW, I think this check is completely bogus and I think we should patch
> Akonadi to just work as root.
>
> The justification given is completely bullshit since MySQL does NOT listen
> on a TCP/IP port (only on a local Unix socket accessible only to root) when
> configured the way Akonadi configures it. So you're NOT running an
> Internet-
> facing application as root. And it's easy for Akonadi to make it just work,
> just put user=root into the config file if run as root.
>
>        Kevin Kofler
>
> Hi Kevin,

Thanks a lot!!!.
But during all this time, I reverted back to SC-4.4.4. I will try ot this,
once Fedora gets SC-4.5.

Regards,
Anoop
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