Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 22:47:25 -0500 From: "DaleCo, S.P.---'the solutions people'" <daleco@daleco.biz> To: "Socketd" <db@traceroute.dk>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Security questions Message-ID: <030d01c2700f$c0668600$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> References: <20021009.22451000.4017525480@rafter.>
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>From "man syslogd"
The syslogd daemon reads messages from the UNIX domain socket
/var/run/log, from an Internet domain socket specified in
/etc/services,
and from the special device /dev/klog (to read kernel messages).
So I assume it runs as root in order to access the kernel log....?
Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Socketd" <db@traceroute.dk>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 5:45 PM
Subject: Security questions
Hi all
I've noticed that syslogd run as root, but why? Syslog just need to
connect to a port, get messages and write them to some files, so why
does
I have to be root? I know you have to be root to bind() to a port
below
1024, but there should be a syslog user to lower UID to after it have
done that?!?!?
Btw is the BBS, Heap and stack executable in freebsd? If yes, why?
And
can you guide me to some detailed info about ELF?
Br
socketd
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