Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:02:06 GMT From: Luca Lesinigo <luckyluke@softhome.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/99190: [rc.d & mac_portacl] Add ability in rc.d scripts to start daemons as non-root Message-ID: <200606192302.k5JN26mV004373@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200606192310.k5JNAHPu010532@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 99190 >Category: ports >Synopsis: [rc.d & mac_portacl] Add ability in rc.d scripts to start daemons as non-root >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Jun 19 23:10:16 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Luca Lesinigo >Release: 6.1-RELEASE-p2 >Organization: LM Networks S.r.l. >Environment: FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p2 #0: Fri Jun 16 16:35:24 CEST 2006 >Description: As the documentation says, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mac-portacl.html, mac_portacl(4) can be used to allow non-root processes to bind their preferred ports, even <1024, if the administrator so desires. It would be cool to have a knob in rc.d scripts (eg, $mydaemon_user or something similar) to start daemons without root privileges right from the beginning and take advantage of mac_portacl's possibilities. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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