Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 07:32:00 -0500 From: Ken Stailey <kstailey@surfbest.net> To: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net> Cc: "."@babolo.ru, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/33818: Bootable ITS image for KLH-10 PDP-10 emulator Message-ID: <3C417E40.9000504@surfbest.net> References: <200201130013.DAA11901@aaz.links.ru> <3C40D184.1000702@surfbest.net> <20020113061333.GA74245@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <20020113061850.GA74363@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
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Alan Eldridge wrote: >Another idea is to ascertain what about the network stuff needs to run >as root, and see if there are ways around the requirement. Or make >sure it drops priveleges as soon as it does whatever root magic it >needs to. > >Are you a programmer, Ken? Do you have experience in networking code >so that you could see if there's a way to make it work without running >as root? > >-- Alan Eldridge Pmmfmffmmfmp mmmpppppffmpmfpmpppff PmpMpmMpp ppfppp >MpfpffmppmppMmpFmmMpm mfpmmmmmfpmpmpppff. > > There's a good chance that this would work. dpimp uses the tunnel driver like ppp(1). I'll go see when ppp drops privs and see if dpimp is doing the same sort of stuff. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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