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From: Sm@bhpese.oz.au (Scott Merrilees)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
Subject: Re: Problem with nntp/C-news/nfs interactions
Message-ID: <1990Jul12.040744.15683@bhpese.oz.au>
Date: 12 Jul 90 04:07:44 GMT
References: <1990Jul11.164853.1715@phri.nyu.edu>
Organization: BHP Rod & Bar, Newcastle, Australia
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roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes:
>...  One question this brings up is, does nntp really have to run as
>root?  Could I run nntp as news instead?

The only reason I can see for nntp to need to be root is for the initial
bind of the nntp server socket.  My nntp binds this socket, then does a
setgid(news_group); setuid(news_owner); and then runs happily.  I only use
nntp to server articles to nntp based news readers, so I can't comment on
xfer, link, ihave/sendme etc.  This nntp 1.5.8.

Sm
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