Re: priv sep in syslogd

2006-04-29 Thread Damien Miller
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, Brian wrote: > I am in the process of making syslogd more protocol independent (IPv4 > & IPv6). I am just about ready to add a priviledged fuction for > getnameinfo, but what I do not understand is why the the DNS lookups > are priviledged separated. I do understand the securi

Re: priv sep in syslogd

2006-04-29 Thread Henning Brauer
* Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-04-29 08:17]: > I am just about ready to add a priviledged fuction for getnameinfo, but what I > do not understand is why the the DNS lookups are priviledged separated. because getnameinfo requires access to /etc/resolv.conf, maybe /etc/hosts, maybe YP maps and s

priv sep in syslogd

2006-04-28 Thread Brian
I am in the process of making syslogd more protocol independent (IPv4 & IPv6). I am just about ready to add a priviledged fuction for getnameinfo, but what I do not understand is why the the DNS lookups are priviledged separated. I do understand the security piece talked about in the getnameinfo(