Tzahi Fadida wrote: > On Friday 16 February 2007 03:07, you wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to help complete Shachar Shemesh' privbind project ( >> http://sourceforge.net/projects/privbind) and it mostly works except that >> > > Just from curiosity, what does it mean privileged socket? why are they > privileged for internal use. > IIRC for tcp the ports under 1024 are protected to be listened > by non-root users (i think)? is that it? > Yes.
The unix domain sockets are merely used to pass the TCP/UDP sockets' FD between non-privileged daemon and privileged "privbind" so that the later can bind them to the low port for the former. > In addition, what would be a typical application of privbind? > Running a daemon that requires binding to a low port, but requires no other privileged permission. > 10x. > > Shachar -- Shachar Shemesh Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd. Have you backed up today's work? http://www.lingnu.com/backup.html ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
