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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