On Sun, 30 May 1999, Augusto Cesar wrote:

> This a good idea, I can set the initial value as 0 (root gid) and if the
> user needs the special gids they can set via /proc.

No, please don't. Make it so that it doesn't depend on a particular
group. Even if using a 0-group could have other security implication, 
I am convinced that we should not add some more semantic until
specifically asked.

So, my request: initially, only root (or capability) can bind() to
ports below 1024. IF root echo group > /proc/some_file, group becomes
authorized.



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