Messages in this thread | | | From | (Andreas Barth) | Subject | Re: Capabilities - call for help | Date | 6 May 1999 11:44:26 GMT |
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On 6 May 1999 06:41:45 +0200, Ralf Baechle <ralf@uni-koblenz.de> wrote: > On Tue, May 04, 1999 at 04:39:09AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: >> In article <19990502235853.A724@bug.ucw.cz> you wrote: >>> For example - sendmail is currently setuid root. I do not like it, but >>> there's no easy way to find out what capabilities sendmail really >>> needs.
>> Umm.. sure..read the docu. You dont need to run sendmail as root.
> Bind a priviledged port?
Either with the right capability or with a patch that allows non-root programms to bind to priviliged ports.
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