Re: [SLUG] Permissions or what?

From: Chuck Hast (wchast@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Jul 15 2005 - 19:55:15 EDT


On 7/15/05, Daniel Jarboe <daniel.jarboe@gmail.com> wrote:
> > socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_PACKET, 512) = -1 EPERM (Operation not
> permitted)
>
> Bummer, looks like this program attempts to bind to port 512, which is
> below 1024, which means it'll have to run as root unless this port is
> configurable or you've lowered the 1024 limit in your kernel (or know how to
> work some capability magic).
>
> Is this port that program listens on configurable?
>

Not that I know of unless I re-compile the whole thing and then I will probably
have problems with other bits and pieces of it.

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