[arm-allstar] General Observation

[Nathaniel Biser]

Bryan's security curiously reminded me of a question I had when I first
installed Allstar.  I'm not new to Linux and have used Ubuntu, Debein, and
Slackware but I still consider myself a novice as I have only flirted with
it and haven't yet used linux as my main OS on my PC.

The one consistency that I have read and heard about Linux is that you
shouldn't run as root on a regular basis.  The specific reasons escape me
at the moment but I'm gonna go out on the limb and hypothesize that it's
because if your system was compromised, and you are running as root, it
would be much more detrimental then if you were running as a user.

I am curious as to why is the Allstar software page defaults to running as
root upon installation.  Like I said, I am only a student in all of this
but I would like to hear the pros and cons of doing so.

Thanks!

-Nate
KC3HOZ