>From: Benjamin Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 2008/02/12 Tue AM 10:50:00 CST >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Gnump3d-users] Is port 80 a security issue when root?
>Hi, > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I want to run my gnump3d server on the typical port 80 so that my users >> don't need to type in ports and some firewalls don't block access to my >> server. I've been running it in Slackware Linux for about 2 years now. I >> changed /etc/gnump3d/gnump3d.conf so that port is 80 but saw the comment in >> there that the user has to be root to run on port 80. Why? Is running the >> server as root with a command line only interface and iptables firewall a >> security issue? > >this is a Linux restriction, only privileged users may open incoming >ports from 1 to 1024. > >A work around from an implementation point of view would be to open the >port as root and then fork to an unprivileged user to serve the clients. > > >Ben. I see the rationale...so how does root open a port for other users? After this is done, would I just use gnump3d.conf set up with user nobody on port 80? Marty _______________________________________________ Gnump3d-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnump3d-users
