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Date:      Thu, 13 Nov 1997 21:00:13 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Running IRCD in inetd.conf not working
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971113205937.418B-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971113124757.2209v-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>

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On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Doug White wrote:

> Any reason you have to use 194?  It's a priviledged port so that means
> running ircd suid-root, which is a major security problem.

Well, I'm not condoning running ircd as suid root, however check
/etc/services for tcp and udp ports 194. %)

- alex




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