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@@ -8,3 +8,9 @@ specify alternate values on the command line if desired; for example:
Regardless of which user and group you decide to use, you will need to make
sure they exist on both the build system and the target system.
+
+Note that there are potential security concerns with allowing logrotate
+(which runs as root) to operate on directories/files that a non-root user
+controls, but there's not a good alternative for now. Newer versions of
+logrotate (3.8.0+) have an "su" option that can be used, but it's not
+available in Slackware 13.37.