Adam Megacz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Michael Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The problem was that only root can cause a process to bind itself to a >> port under 1000 (53, in this case). > > Doesn't bind start as root, bind to the port, and then setuid() itself > to user "bind" before doing anything else? > > Or I might just be confused.
Yes, that's the idea. However, we should handle the case where Justin needs to restart bind as the 'bind' user. It's aggravating to not be able to test changes right away. -- Michael Olson -- FSF Associate Member #652 -- http://www.mwolson.org/ Interests: Lisp, text markup, protocols -- Jabber: mwolson_at_hcoop.net /` |\ | | | Projects: Emacs, Muse, ERC, EMMS, Planner, ErBot, DVC |_] | \| |_| Reclaim your digital rights by eliminating DRM. See http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm for details.
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