Hadron wrote:
> Chris Cox <ccox_nopenotthis@airmail.net> writes:
>
>> Alex wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Is there any API to collect some unique IDs (such as CPU id,
>>> harddisk id, SKU, etc) from the system w/o running the final
>>> software as root?
>> Well... you could run at root via some kind of roll based mechanism
>> (e.g. sudo).
>
> And how is that not running as root or rootlike for the duration of the
> program which needs root access for the accesses he was mentioning?

Oddly enough key system processes are running as root on his
box by default (believe it or not).

What was your point? Other than trying to pick a fight?

I was trying to help.. and you were???

Sometimes people don't understand security. They simply
need somebody to help them to better understand how things
work. If you can't run something in a controlled manner
as root.. you've got to simply turn the machine off.