Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Apr 2001 10:22:52 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: [PATCH] Single user linux |
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On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> > 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.
You want an MDA with elevated privileges, though...
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