Le jeudi 28 janvier 2010 21:05:08, Robert a icrit : > On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:04:25 +0100 > > Jean-Frangois SIMON <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi List, > > > > I am using vsftpd as ftp daemon. I actually launch this service as > > root (sudo /usr/...) because this is the only way it actually starts. > > Is this normal way or do I miss something ? > > I don't see that it drops its privileges, through "top", I see it > > running as root. > > > > Regards > > ftp uses port 20 and 21. > ports below 1024 need root priviliges to bind to. > so yes, that is "normal". > sane applications that need those ports drop the root privs or > use different processes for different stuff, read privilege seperation. > vsftpd implements that. > > - Robert > Does information below teels that process did not drop privileges ? If not how to check this ?
PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE WAIT TIME CPU COMMAND 1467 root 2 0 512K 1256K idle netcon 0:00 0.00% vsftpd Regards
