martin f krafft wrote: > How? Could you include a short note on how it does this "magic" in > the description please? > > I'll do (arguably) better. I'll link to a not so short description at http://privbind.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/privbind/trunk/README?view=markup
In a nutshell, privbind uses a 100% user space approach that does not rely on SUID executables or on global configs (unlike authbind). Instead, a root process runs privbind, which drops privileges and runs the actual program. Privbind does leave a root process behind, and wraps the program run with a LD_PRELOAD library that intercepts the "bind" call, and forwards its file descriptor through an open UNIX domain socket to the root process, which carries out the actual bind. Shachar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
