Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: [PATCH] Single user linux

[Alexander Viro]

On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Alan Cox wrote:

> > On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Mohammad A. Haque wrote:
> > > Correct. <1024 requires root to bind to the port.
> > ... And nothing says that it should be done by daemon itself.
> 
> Or that you shouldnt let inetd do it for you
> And that you shouldn't drop the capabilities except that bind
> 
> It is possible to implement the entire mail system without anything running
> as root but xinetd.

You want an MDA with elevated privileges, though...

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