From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hamish Moffatt Subject: Re: Listen root only Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 00:02:09 +1000 Message-ID: <20050717140209.GC18923@cloud.net.au> References: <620c9057050715180279131307@mail.gmail.com> <20050716021652.GA4343@cloud.net.au> <20050716003247.3290240f.n2por@amsat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 08:50:41AM -0700, Curt Mills wrote: > As to how to solve the general problem discussed, I haven't a clue. > I can't see a way around it. In Xastir we have the users install > SUID-root so that we can open AX.25 ports, but we drop priviledges > in the code except for those short instances where we need the root > priviledges. It's still a security concern, but less so that way. I expect that the kernel could be changed to allow any user to open the relevant type of socket. I don't know whether the kernel maintainers would accept this solution though. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB