On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, David Kammer wrote: > Hi All, > Odd question. It seems as if only root is allowed to start proccesses > with low port numbers like 80 (httpd is not running on my machine). when > non-su's try to do this, the port allocation simply fails. My question is > is there a way to allow a user to start low port proccesses without giving > them full su status? > thanks, > -dave There are various solutions, but this is one I have been given privileges with. Others can provide more complete info... Sudo - a utility to allow restricted root access Sudo (superuser do) allows a system administrator to give certain users (or groups of users) the ability to run some (or all) commands as root while logging all commands and arguments. Sudo operates on a per-command basis, it is not a replacement for the shell. http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/ best wishes, richard myers