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

[Adam Sampson]

Sven Köhler <skoehler@xxxxxx> writes:

> So is there any machanism to bind that permission (to listen on a
> priviledged tcp-port) to a specific user or a specific process?

Even if you can't find a way to do this, you can cheat: use an
iptables DNAT rule to translate connections to the desired port into
connections to a non-privileged port upon which your daemon is
actually listening. Something like:

iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to 1.2.3.4:8080

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Adam Sampson <azz@xxxxxxxxxx>                        <http://offog.org/>
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