Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 22:50:42 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: rshea@opendoor.co.nz Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's this task running as ? Message-ID: <20011212225042.E724@k7.mavetju.org> In-Reply-To: <3C17E5E1.20927.DAAB0C@localhost>; from rshea@opendoor.co.nz on Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 11:18:57PM %2B1300 References: <3C17E5E1.20927.DAAB0C@localhost>
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On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 11:18:57PM +1300, rshea@opendoor.co.nz wrote: > Hi - In my inetd.conf I've got ... > > cvspserver stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/bin/cvs cvs --allow-root=/usr/local/newrepos pserver > > .... I'm not expert but I thought this meant that when data arrives at the port > associated with cvspserver then cvs should be run under the userid root. > > However in an O'Reilly book I have to hand it says that "the cvs server runs > briefly as root" - how can I find out what user it runs as once it stops > running as root ? It's not visible via ps as it starts, does whatever is > necessary and then stops. I think it will set the uid to the one of the user logged in via CVS. Sounds what like what it should be doing :-) Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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