On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 2:36 PM, CVBruce <cvbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I may be wrong, but I thought that root was only required if the port was
> below a certain number, perhaps 1000. Anything over this number could be
> opened by ordinary users. Did I remember this incorrectly, or has this
> changed.
>
Bruce,
I think that is correct, but I'm not 100% sure.
Michael,
As I recall the real problem is that the rxapi code is written such that
the pid for the process is written to a directory that only root can write
to. If rxapi is installed as a system service than this is not problem for
any user running ooRexx. But, it requires root access to get it installed
to begin with.
That explanation may not 100% technically correct, but
it essentially describes the problem.
There should be some way to change the code so that an ordinary user can
install a private version of ooRexx that only runs for that user. This
then may not comply 100% with Debian policy, or Fedora policy, or whatever
policy. But, I haven't made any effort to look into that.
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