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Date:      Thu, 03 Apr 2003 13:15:30 -0800
From:      Lev Walkin <vlm@netli.com>
To:        "."@babolo.ru
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipcad 2.8.1 bug: doesn't run with uid 0 which is needed for rsh
Message-ID:  <3E8CA472.8070807@netli.com>
In-Reply-To: <1049403906.268048.817.nullmailer@cicuta.babolo.ru>
References:  <1049403906.268048.817.nullmailer@cicuta.babolo.ru>

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.@babolo.ru wrote:
>>
>>=== quote ===
>>Set this uid to be safe in the long run. Please change it if you're
>>aware  of the consequences. RSH service will NOT work if process is
>>not privileged.
>>=== quote ===
>>
>>There are no words about configuring uid 0.
>>
>>Moreover, the sample configuration has uid and gid lines COMMENTED OUT.
> 
> 
> I do not understand, why uid is artificially
> restricted at 65535? Why not full 32 bit uid?

To encourage users think twice about using large ids for daemons.

-- 
Lev Walkin
vlm@netli.com



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