Re: BIND security question
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Robert Varga wrote:
> > I installed the Debian package for BIND, and I just checked and it does appear
> > to be running as root :(
> >
> > I will have to read the docs to determine if I can change that without
> > compiling it myself.
>
> Just append
> -- -u named
how does this work? because only superuser can
bind to privileged ports (<1024) right? so does
named start as root, then switch to the user
specified?
i may look into changing my named to run as
other than root also.
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