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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

Quoting Geoffrey Derber <gderber AT sourcemage.org>:
> For a while now I've been thinking we should try to minimize our use of 
> 'root' and try to do everything using another user, say, 'sorcery' or 
> something and only do the 'make install' commands as root (maybe a few 
> others if necissary).
> 
> Other peoples thoughts / comments?
> 
> Geoff

I believe this was planned for some point in the future (perhaps now?) as it'd
be "safer" and also is a better idea, in general.

-sandalle

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