Re: sockfs (was: setting access rights to priviledged ports)

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 17 Oct 1998 15:34:35 +0100 (BST)


> setuid port-allocator, but most such `solutions' require hacking the deamon's
> code.

Or learning about LD_PRELOAD

> So I re-ask the question: what was the incentive for not putting sockfs in the
> standard kernel ? Bad code ? Bloat ? Lack of usefulness ?

Because it can be done just fine in user space. 2.1.x cleans things up by
having capabilities. So you need a capability to bind to low ports, you dont
have to be root with all the root powers

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