ktalkd suggests running itself as root

Chris Cheney ccheney at cheney.cx
Thu May 22 08:27:08 BST 2003


Shouldn't ktalkd just run as some unpriveledged user such as nobody?

        @echo "*****************************************************************
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        @echo
        @echo "Don't forget to update /etc/inetd.conf :"
        @echo
        @echo "For example, on a linux system, if kde stays in "$(prefix)", set
it to :"
        @echo "talk     dgram   udp     wait    root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  "$(bindi
r)"/ktalkd"
        @echo "ntalk    dgram   udp     wait    root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  "$(bindi
r)"/ktalkd"
        @echo
        @echo "Alternatively, you can use the script post-install.sh, to do the
job"
        @echo
        @echo "Anyway, you'll have to restart inetd after this."
        @echo "On most linux system, do a  'killall -HUP inetd'"
        @echo
        @echo "*****************************************************************
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