Bug#385760: The dspam daemon should NOT be run by user dspam or default port needs to move
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 06:45:52 +0200, Julien Valroff wrote: tags 385760 + pending thanks Le jeudi 28 oct. 2010 à 00:55:18 (+0200), Martin Zobel-Helas a écrit : Hi, Hi Martin, in the default configuration of dspam, if daemon gets enabled, the daemon wants to listen on tcp port 24. Starting dspam per default as user dspam then will just not work. Linux prevents direct “reserved port” assignments by any process other than system root. So you either let it run by root or fix the default port for this application. Interim-Solution: fix the init-script to blow up if user tries this. This is already fixed in git. The default port is now 1024. 1024 really doesn't sound like a good idea either, imo, there's every chance somebody else will choose the first non-privileged port for some other use. Cheers, Julien signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#385760: The dspam daemon should NOT be run by user dspam or default port needs to move
Le vendredi 29 oct. 2010 à 15:02:37 (+0200), Julien Cristau a écrit : On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 06:45:52 +0200, Julien Valroff wrote: tags 385760 + pending thanks Le jeudi 28 oct. 2010 à 00:55:18 (+0200), Martin Zobel-Helas a écrit : Hi, Hi Martin, in the default configuration of dspam, if daemon gets enabled, the daemon wants to listen on tcp port 24. Starting dspam per default as user dspam then will just not work. Linux prevents direct “reserved port” assignments by any process other than system root. So you either let it run by root or fix the default port for this application. Interim-Solution: fix the init-script to blow up if user tries this. This is already fixed in git. The default port is now 1024. 1024 really doesn't sound like a good idea either, imo, there's every chance somebody else will choose the first non-privileged port for some other use. I can easily change this, what do you suggest? I also thought at 2424, what do you think? Cheers, Julien -- Julien Valroff jul...@kirya.net http://www.kirya.net GPG key: 1024D/9F71D449 17F4 93D8 746F F011 B845 9F91 210B F2AB 9F71 D449 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#385760: The dspam daemon should NOT be run by user dspam or default port needs to move
Hi, in the default configuration of dspam, if daemon gets enabled, the daemon wants to listen on tcp port 24. Starting dspam per default as user dspam then will just not work. Linux prevents direct “reserved port” assignments by any process other than system root. So you either let it run by root or fix the default port for this application. Interim-Solution: fix the init-script to blow up if user tries this. Cheers, Martin -- Martin Zobel-Helas zo...@debian.org | Debian System Administrator Debian GNU/Linux Developer | Debian Listmaster Public key http://zobel.ftbfs.de/5d64f870.asc - KeyID: 5D64 F870 GPG Fingerprint: 5DB3 1301 375A A50F 07E7 302F 493E FB8E 5D64 F870 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#385760: The dspam daemon should NOT be run by user dspam or default port needs to move
tags 385760 + pending thanks Le jeudi 28 oct. 2010 à 00:55:18 (+0200), Martin Zobel-Helas a écrit : Hi, Hi Martin, in the default configuration of dspam, if daemon gets enabled, the daemon wants to listen on tcp port 24. Starting dspam per default as user dspam then will just not work. Linux prevents direct “reserved port” assignments by any process other than system root. So you either let it run by root or fix the default port for this application. Interim-Solution: fix the init-script to blow up if user tries this. This is already fixed in git. The default port is now 1024. Cheers, Julien -- Julien Valroff jul...@kirya.net http://www.kirya.net GPG key: 1024D/9F71D449 17F4 93D8 746F F011 B845 9F91 210B F2AB 9F71 D449 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
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