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
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