Re: [Samba] Samba as nonroot

2008-05-14 Thread Gerald (Jerry) Carter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Heydon wrote: | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Hi, | | Im trying to run samba as a non-root user and I was wondering if this is | even possible | No, it's not. | | and if not what is preventing it from being ran as a normal | user?? | | You

Re: [Samba] Samba as nonroot

2008-05-14 Thread Matt Skerritt
Oops, I accidently sent this to Michael's own email, not to the list. Here it is again in the right place. On 14/05/2008, at 9:48 AM, Michael Heydon wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Im trying to run samba as a non-root user and I was wondering if this is even possible No, it's not.

[Samba] Samba as nonroot

2008-05-13 Thread lordm
Hi, Im trying to run samba as a non-root user and I was wondering if this is even possible, and if not what is preventing it from being ran as a normal user?? -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba

Re: [Samba] Samba as nonroot

2008-05-13 Thread Michael Heydon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Im trying to run samba as a non-root user and I was wondering if this is even possible No, it's not. and if not what is preventing it from being ran as a normal user?? You couldn't bind to privileged ports would be the big one. You might be able to modify the