On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Robert Varga wrote:

> > I installed the Debian package for BIND, and I just checked and it does 
> > appear
> > to be running as root :( 
> > 
> > I will have to read the docs to determine if I can change that without
> > compiling it myself.
> 
> Just append
>    -- -u named 

how does this work?  because only superuser can
bind to privileged ports (<1024) right? so does
named start as root, then switch to the user
specified?

i may look into changing my named to run as
other than root also.

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