jhirata
commented
10 years ago Hi eselahe,
That's a very good question. The wiki at https://github.com/NetFPGA/NetFPGA-public/wiki states that you should login as root and run everything as root. They suggest this because it's easier for them to support the project by having everyone log in as the root user. Root user has no restrictions to what they can do, therefore, you don't run into permissions problems very often. I believe that running everything as the root user is a security risk. If you aren't concerned about security, then running as the root user should be OK. However, I don't believe the code in this repository has been tested by running everything as root. I don't think there would be a problem doing everything as root, I just haven't tried it yet. If you decide to try doing everything as the root user, please let us know how it works out for you! It would be very helpful to us and the other users of this project.
I typically run as non root, but there are certain cases where you
/must/ run as the root user. For example, I never run the Xilinx tools
as the root user, but, I had to use sudo to install the Xilinx tools
into my /opt/ folder. Another example: I don't build the reference nic
driver as root, but I have to use sudo to load the driver. There are
some cases where the hw tests might require you to be root as well.
Usually, I try something as non root, and if it fails I'll try as root.
This is more of a linux question in general as to when you should and
shouldn't do things as the root user. I would suggest searching the web
for why you should or shouldn't do things as the root user, there are
certainly lots of people with strong opinions on the subject!
One thing that you need to look out for when you're running as a normal user: if you do something as the root user and the command produces files, you may not be able to use the files as a normal user because of permission problems. You can use root to change the file permissions of the files that you need, and it'll be ok, but it's just something to look out for.
I hope that this answers your questions. Feel free to search for more details on running things as the root user and file permissions for more details.
Thanks, Jay
On 05/08/2014 07:27 AM, eselahe wrote:
Hi, which user is correct for installing NetFPGA-10G-live package and other required software such as ISE 14.6 ? also about projects? root or not?
— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/cmlab/NetFPGA-1G-CML/issues/4.
eselahe
Hi, which user is correct for installing NetFPGA-10G-live package and other required software such as ISE 14.6 ? also about projects? root or not?