[horde] RE-SEND: Horde Installation

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

Quoting "Lei, Louie K" <LKLei at cbe.ab.ca>:

> Can horde, imp or php be installed via a regular user account instead of
> root? Some say it has to be installed by root. If this is the case, root
> will automatically owns it. My rationale is -- application program should be
> owned by an application account. For example, Oracle should be owned by dba
> account so DBAs have control over their appls. If hodre has to be owned/run
> by root, horde support will require root access, which may cause role
> conflicts with system administrator unless the sysadmin supports the
> application by him/herself.

PHP must usually be installed and configured by root, since it interacts with
your web server. Horde and IMP could easily be installed by another account,
though.

-chuck

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Charles Hagenbuch, <chuck at horde.org>
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