Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 20:51:41 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: "Mrad James Deane" <xtremejames183@msn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: set http port 80 to a no root user Message-ID: <j44o71d0pot9tnkansddsbqb27pj1rbehp@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY3-F590E96DE31C3D6DA8BEC69C1A0@phx.gbl> References: <BAY3-F590E96DE31C3D6DA8BEC69C1A0@phx.gbl>
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On Thu, 05 May 2005 16:23:38 +0200, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote: >hello , i would like to know how can i set a permission to a non root = user=20 >to use the http public port 80 . Just a thought, but you could use ipf, or ipfw or pf to redirect inbound port 80 requests to something above port 1024. That way you dont have to start your app as a root process nor worry about dropping privs. ---Mike -------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, Sentex communications http://www.sentex.net Providing Internet Access since 1994 mike@sentex.net, (http://www.tancsa.com)
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