On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 08:50:41AM -0700, Curt Mills wrote: > As to how to solve the general problem discussed, I haven't a clue. > I can't see a way around it. In Xastir we have the users install > SUID-root so that we can open AX.25 ports, but we drop priviledges > in the code except for those short instances where we need the root > priviledges. It's still a security concern, but less so that way.
I expect that the kernel could be changed to allow any user to open the relevant type of socket. I don't know whether the kernel maintainers would accept this solution though. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hams" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
