This is unnecessary. The IP chains mechanism in the Linux kernel can forward
packets from one port to another, allowing orion to run as anyone
(perferably as someone that has only permissions to do what it has to do).
It still requires that the user have root acess so that he can set up the
forwarding.
Fortunately, this is detailed at orionsupport already, so no need to go into
details here.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Allen Fogleson
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 1:23 PM
To: Orion-Interest
Subject: RE: Orion doesnt' start as other user then root ??
I imagine that is acceptable for that, however I would seriously look at the
unix mechanisms for starting orion as root then changing it to a diferent
uid. (nobody, orion, whatever) with lower permissions.
Al
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alex 'Kazuma'
Garbagnati
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 2:09 PM
To: Orion-Interest
Subject: Re: Orion doesnt' start as other user then root ??
>I don't know why but I can only start orion as root.
>When I start it as user orion it complains:
It looks like a permission problem. I've had similar problems with starting
Orion but because was trying to access to use port 80 that is restricted to
root (up to port 1024).
I've managed to solve the problem having root starting orion, using sudo
(so I don't have to be root) and I can even restart it from a web page.
Consider that I do not use Orion as a web server but just application
server.
Hope this helps,
Alex
Cos'e' il genio. E' fantasia intuizione, colpo d'occhio e velocita'
d'esecuzione. (Amici Miei)
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Alessandro A. 'Kazuma' Garbagnati
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Mountain View, CA, 94043 - USA
