From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ivan Baldo Subject: Re: Running DOSEMU as user Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:28:50 -0200 Message-ID: <4B696C02.2000600@adinet.com.uy> References: <4B680E18.5040707@agenda.si> <201002021354.40414.karcher1234@gmx.net> <4B689881.80207@sat.dundee.ac.uk> <4B6933FD.5060202@agenda.si> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4B6933FD.5060202@agenda.si> Sender: linux-msdos-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: Danilo Godec Cc: linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org Hello. El 03/02/10 06:29, Danilo Godec escribi=C3=B3: > Every DOSEMU session has to connect to a Novell (IPX based) server. I > used 'direct networking' on the old version and it worked well, so I'= d > like to keep using it. > > And as far as I know IPX requires root privileges. > > =20 Not really. If you setup the IPX network with Linux then DOSEmu can run without= =20 privileges, just run "ipx_configure --auto_interface=3Don=20 --auto_primary=3Don" and then the "ipxd" daemon; in DOSEmu set the opti= on=20 "$_ipxsupport =3D (on)", then the normal ipx tools in DOS ("vlm" and a=20 very basic net.cfg). > When users login (via telnet over a SSH tunnel) DOS is automatically > started for them, they're automatically logged into Novell server and > their application start automatically. > > =20 Thats good if you trust your users, if you don't trust them, then=20 please don't run DOSEmu with root privileges, because a malicious user=20 could stop the bootup or exit in some way from the application and run=20 not only DOS commands, but Linux commands too, and as root! Hope this helps!!! Bye. --=20 Ivan Baldo - ibaldo@adinet.com.uy - http://ibaldo.codigolibre.net/ =46rom Montevideo, Uruguay, at the south of South America. =46reelance programmer and GNU/Linux system administrator, hire me! Alternatives: ibaldo@codigolibre.net - http://go.to/ibaldo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" = in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html