[development] using UID 1 (was Re: Overriding node_db_rewrite_sql())

[Cog Rusty]

On 7/26/07, Greg Knaddison - GVS <Greg at growingventuresolutions.com> wrote:
> On 7/26/07, Ken Rickard <agentrickard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Development testing should never be done as user #1 unless testing
> > installation or update routines.  In fact, nothing but install and update
> > should be done as user #1.
> >
> > See http://drupal.org/node/22284
>
> I see your point here about how it has been confusing to Ron that uid1
> could see everything, but I'm not sure I follow the rest of the logic.
>  To me, I don't see a problem with using uid1.  I know lots of folks
> feel strongly about this, but there's also a prominent case[1] or
> two[2] of smart people doing otherwise.  There is even the whole
> masquerade code in the devel module which makes it easy to switch
> between uid1 and a normal user during development to facilitate Ron's
> exact situation.
>
> Just yesterday I edited bullet item 1 on 22284 to include all of the
> arguments on this issue that I was able to glean from the folks that
> were in IRC when I was digging into the issue.  Given that
> investigation and rewrite, I don't understand the strength of the
> "don't use uid 1" argument.
>
> So, if folks feel strongly one way or another could they please edit
> that page (or respond here) with some of the reasons why you should
> "never use user #1".


Ok, I added a 4th reason:
"On a community site, if the top administrator is using account #1 for
all things, including personal content in blogs, forums, etc, and
later administration passes to someone else, the previous
administrator's content will be in account #1 and will have to be
moved, which is not a very trivial task."


> If you're going to say "for the same reasons as you never use root on
> unix" then please take the time to enumerate those reasons - I'm not
> sure I believe that comparison so having the list of reasons would
> help the discussion.
>
> Regards,
> Greg
>
> [1] http://drupal.org/user/1
> [2] http://groups.drupal.org/user/1
>
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> Greg Knaddison
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