Re: Bug in xfs

From: Alan Cox (alanat_private)
Date: Wed Mar 31 1999 - 01:25:07 PST

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    > I do also run named as nonroot permissions (Startup
    > /usr/sbin/named -u user -g group). I recommend other people
    > doing this as well.
    
    This isnt one to do blindly as it means named cannot bind to interfaces
    that appear dynamically (eg as a DNS cache on a terminal server). The
    fact that you end up having to run named as root or with the relevant
    capability to allow it to bind to low ports.
    
    Alan
    



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