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

[Steven Jones]

Two Administrators

On 26/07/07, Cog Rusty <cog.rusty at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> >
> > --
> > Greg Knaddison
> > Denver, CO | http://knaddison.com
> > World Spanish Tour | http://wanderlusting.org/user/greg
> >
>


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Regards
Steven Jones