On 11-Mar-05, 06:40 (CST), Juergen Salk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Most services (like apache, e.g.) follow a different approach:
> They have to be run by root initially, and drop privileges as
> soon as they have done binding their privileged ports. However,
> this is obviously not the way imagectn is supposed to work.
Uh, why not?
> What would be the most appropriate way to cope with this problem
> in Debian?
If (uid==0) {
bind to specified port;
setuid("imagectn"); /* or "nobody" */
setgid("imagectn");
} else {
bind to specified non-privileged port OR fail;
/* Keep running as current user */
}
Steve
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