Re: Wondering if this is a security issue?

Does not appear to be a security risk. Just a reporting issue.

From the Shell window:

~ % logname
logname
root
~ % touch xxxx
touch xxxx
~ % chown root xxxx
chown root xxxx
chown: xxxx: Operation not permitted
~ % 

> On May 4, 2026, at 09:23, David McClain (as dbm at refined-audiometrics dot com) <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On LWM 8.1.2 64-bit
> 
> (sys:call-system-showing-output “logname”)
> =>
> ; logname
> ; root
> 0
> 
> ;; —————————
> ;; Similarly, if you fire up the Shell in LW environment:
> 
> projects/Lispworks % logname
> logname
> root
> 
> ;; ———————————————
> 
> So, my question relates to “root” being returned, even though I am logged in under my own personal account.
> 
> 
> 
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