[TS-352] Do not allow to run as root user unless explicitly compiled

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.1.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.1.1
• Component/s: Configuration
• Assignee: Mladen Turk
• Reporter: Mladen Turk
• Created: 15/May/10 08:54
• Updated: 25/Aug/10 02:53
• Resolved: 15/May/10 10:41

Description

Currently one can specify the proxy.config.admin.user_id=root making the trafficserver to serve all pages under root account.
Check the user_id provided making sure it's uid isn't zero.
Specifying -DBIG_SECURITY_HOLE at build time overrides that check.