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List:       ipfilter
Subject:    Re: Easy port forwarding question
From:       Jett Tayer <jett () sycorax ! ath ! cx>
Date:       2006-08-19 15:21:24
Message-ID: 4F70BC1D-9F2C-41C2-8263-C9888D49D11B () sycorax ! ath ! cx
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openbsd apache???

On 08 19, 06, at 9:38 PM, a b wrote:

>> -I need to avoid running the webserver as root at all costs. Port  
>> 80 is
>> reserved for use by root, so I need to find another way to get  
>> access to
>> port 80.
>
> I do not believe it matters that port 80 is a privileged port; what  
> does matter is under which user the process listening on port 80  
> listens -- and that user in your case should be "httpd" -- just a  
> regular user with zilch of extra privileges.
>
>

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