Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: [PATCH] Single user linux | Date | Tue, 24 Apr 2001 15:18:11 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Mohammad A. Haque wrote: > > Correct. <1024 requires root to bind to the port. > ... And nothing says that it should be done by daemon itself.
Or that you shouldnt let inetd do it for you And that you shouldn't drop the capabilities except that bind
It is possible to implement the entire mail system without anything running as root but xinetd.
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