Hi Abhilash, I would be the sponser for this bug.
Thanks, Harish >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -------- Original Message -------- >>>>> Subject: Request for bug 6530498 >>>>> Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:33:04 +0530 (IST) >>>>> From: Abhilash <abhilash_05cse01 at students.amrita.ac.in> >>>>> To: request-sponsor <request-sponsor at opensolaris.org>, >>>>> Swathi.Devulapalli at Sun.COM >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I am Abhilash T.G of Amrita University, I would like to work on >>>>> the bug 6530498.My SCA number is OS0183 >>>>> >>>>> The bug synopsis is.. >>>>> >>>>> Bug ID 6530498 >>>>> Synopsis HA DNS should provide a property to allow the DNS >>>>> service to be run as a non-root user >>>>> State 1-Dispatched (Default State) >>>>> Category:Subcategory suncluster:ha-dns >>>>> Keywords DNS | named | non-root | oss-bite-size | oss-request >>>>> | user >>>>> Sponsor Submitter Reported Against Duplicate Of >>>>> Introduced In Commit to Fix Fixed In Release Fixed >>>>> Related Bugs Submit Date 02-MAR-2007 >>>>> Last Update Date 20-DEC-2007 >>>>> Description Customer request via the Sun Cluster forum: >>>>> >>>>> I'd like the DNS HA Agent for Sun Cluster 3.2 to be modified so >>>>> that the admin can choose to run BIND as a >>>>> non-root user ie. named. This functionality is desirable for >>>>> security reasons, as it gives the admin a layer of protection in >>>>> the event that BIND is compromised. As a non-root process, it >>>>> won't be capable of doing >>>>> as much damage as a compromised root process could. This behaviour >>>>> is similar to how Apache works, and is already available by >>>>> specifying "-u <userid>" when starting BIND from the command line, >>>>> or setting 'user' >>>>> and 'group' in method_credential in the SMF manifest. >>>>> >>>>> Work Around N/A >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> regards >>>>> Abhilash >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Default Sponsors for Open HA Cluster >>>>> >>>>> *Open HA Cluster Data Services* >>>>> *Working area* *Sponsor* >>>>> Apache Tomcat Detlef Ulherr >>>>> MySQL Detlef Ulherr >>>>> PostgreSQL Detlef Ulherr >>>>> N1 SPS Detlef Ulherr >>>>> N1 Grid Engine Thorsten Frueauf >>>>> Solaris Container Thorsten Frueauf >>>>> SWIFTAlliance Access Thorsten Frueauf >>>>> SWIFTAlliance Gateway Thorsten Frueauf >>>>> DNS Hemachandran Namachivayam >>>>> NFS Hemachandran Namachivayam >>>>> Oracle E-Business Suite Neil Garthwaite >>>>> Oracle Application Server Neil Garthwaite >>>>> JES Web Server Swathi Devulapalli >>>>> JES App Server Swathi Devulapalli >>>>> JES MQ Server Hemachandran Namachivayam >>>>> HADB Hemachandran Namachivayam >>>>> Apache Web Server Swathi Devulapalli >>>>> BEA WebLogic Server Swathi Devulapalli >>>>> SAP Hemachandran Namachivayam >>>>> Samba Neil Garthwaite >>>>> Siebel Swathi Devulapalli >>>>> DHCP Neil Garthwaite >>>>> Agfa IMPAX Detlef Ulherr >>>>> Kerberos ? >>>>> IBM WebSphere MQ Neil Garthwaite >>>>> IBM WebSphere Message Broker Neil Garthwaite >>>>> Informix Neil Garthwaite >>>>> HA xVM Neil Garthwaite >>>>> *Open HA Cluster Geographic Edition* >>>>> *Working area* *Sponsor* >>>>> ? ? >>>> >>
