Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 14:00:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Stuart Fuller <stuart.fuller@bookham.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810061357060.19930-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <717380AB0E29D211BC9F00A0C955453918DE73@MAIL>
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On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Stuart Fuller wrote: > Hi, I wonder if you could help me. I should warn you that I'm writing this > on behalf of someone else, > so it may not make 100% sense!! Hm.... Does the person in question not have email? > I play and create on a Mud called newmoon (telnet to > eclipse.cs.pdx.edu 7680) which is run on FreeBSD. My problem is > concerned with the port numbering. Basically we can't actually > configure the mud to a standard port (ie < 23) for numerous reason > (most of which I don't know about!) You must have root access to start services in the 'privileged port' range, from 1-1023. And as everyone knows, running MUDs as root is a Bad Idea and is Asking for Trouble. > So we wondered if there was some way to have a port rerouter of some > sort, ie when we telnet to the machine on eclipse.cs.pdx.edu 23, it > reconnects, locally to port 7680. I believe there is a tool in the net ports tree that does this, but I forgot its name. You could also edit /etc/gettytab and change the login screen to remind people looking for the MUD to use port 7680 instead. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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