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This leads to unpleasant situations like a web server having to run as root, even if (usually) only temporarily, solely because it needs to bind port 80. not o
by mh- 11y ago
This leads to unpleasant situations like a web server having to run as root, even if (usually) only temporarily, solely because it needs to bind port 80.
not on modern linux. see CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE in `man 7 capabilities`.