Bug#305451: approx: runs as root

2005-04-21 Thread Eric Cooper
On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 08:50:33AM -0700, Alexander Hvostov wrote: > On Wednesday 20 April 2005 08:10 pm, Charles Lepple wrote: > > Heh. Maybe you could "borrow" the aptproxy userid. > > Why not just add another? > > > Actually, along these lines, I wonder if there's a precedent for > > conflicti

Bug#305451: approx: runs as root

2005-04-21 Thread Alexander Hvostov
On Wednesday 20 April 2005 08:10 pm, Charles Lepple wrote: > Heh. Maybe you could "borrow" the aptproxy userid. Why not just add another? > Actually, along these lines, I wonder if there's a precedent for > conflicting with another package with a server that binds to the same > port. After all, t

Bug#305451: approx: runs as root

2005-04-20 Thread Charles Lepple
Eric Cooper said: >> It would be nice if approx ran as an unprivileged user. From what I can >> tell, it doesn't need root privileges (even to bind the listening >> socket). > > You're right, and another user also made the same suggestion, so I > plan to do that. Do you have any advice on which us

Bug#305451: approx: runs as root

2005-04-20 Thread Eric Cooper
> It would be nice if approx ran as an unprivileged user. From what I can > tell, it doesn't need root privileges (even to bind the listening > socket). You're right, and another user also made the same suggestion, so I plan to do that. Do you have any advice on which user/group to use? I couldn'

Bug#305451: approx: runs as root

2005-04-19 Thread Charles Lepple
Package: approx Version: 1.09 Severity: wishlist It would be nice if approx ran as an unprivileged user. From what I can tell, it doesn't need root privileges (even to bind the listening socket). Otherwise, this program is a welcome change from apt-proxy. Performance seems *way* better, even afte