On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, John Goerzen wrote: > On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 06:21:14PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote: > > > In fact, you don't mean that it needs to run setuid. It merely needs > > to be run _as_ a particular uid. There are several ways of achieving > > this other than setuid. Two that I can think of that I'd recommend to > > you are: > > > > * userv, which Wichert has already mentioned. > > I must have missed that; do you have a URL?
He didn't bother with a URL, since it's a Debian package. However, since my own interest was spurred, I looked it up.. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/userv/ Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/