On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 18:35 +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:33, Robert Himmelmann wrote: > > Is there a way (s/expect/apart/ from suid) to allow normal users to run > > a server that listens on port 21? > No, that's the whole point of the protected ports ( 1 - 1023 ). >
how do other servers do it? I am aware of the concept of "dropping privileges", but don't know how it works. I suspect Robert would like to know... -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
