Re: allow process or user to listen on priviledged ports?

[Olaf Dietsche]

Sven Köhler <skoehler@xxxxxx> writes:

> my problem is, that i want an application to listen on a priviledged
> port (e.g. port 80) and to run as a "normal" unpriviledged user
>
> So is there any machanism to bind that permission (to listen on a
> priviledged tcp-port) to a specific user or a specific process?

Of course, there is :-)
<http://www.olafdietsche.de/linux/accessfs/>

Regards, Olaf.
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