thanks for your info. in other words, should i say
for udp port, i could use <1024 (i always get port xxx is not secure if
those ports are >1024)
for tcp port, i should use ports > 1024.
is this correct?
fred
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexandre Oliva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Wong Ching Kuen Frederick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: tcp port
> On Jun 17, 2001, "Wong Ching Kuen Frederick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > but they are running as setuid already.
>
> Note that sendbackup (the one that binds the ports the server connects
> to to get the backup data) is not (and should not be) setuid root.
>
> So, client TCP ports should not be in the <1024 range, unless you
> configured --with-user=root.
>
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