Ben Greear wrote:
I have need of a web-server which can bind to a particular device, both by binding to the local IP address and also using the setsockopt(... SO_BINDTODEVICE) call.
Would there be any chance that such a patch would be accepted into the main tree?
sure there's a chance ;) if a patch isn't hard to create and you need such a server anyway, post the patch and let us see what this involves; please note that new features like this should be in 2.1-dev... you didn't mention which level of Apache you were interested in enhancing
I'm working on 2.0.48, the latest stable. I assume the patch will port forward to the development version fairly easily.
One question I have: I need root priv to SO_BINDTODEVICE. But, it appears to be highly un-cool to run apache as root. So, is there any easy way to get root priv just while running the bind?
I will need to bind during the initial listening phase, and also after an accept is done.
I'll try _DBIG_SECURITY_HOLE for now...
Thanks, Ben
-- Ben Greear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
