Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Atalk over TCP/IP only?
From: Nicholas Riley (nriley@staff.feldberg.brandeis.edu)
Date: Thu Jun 25 1998 - 14:51:19 EDT
On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Michael M Han wrote:
> Kernel driver installation requires root privelige, so I guess you are
> referring to the fabled IP-only afpd. Theoretically what you
> describe should be possible. Starting a process and listening on a
> port should be doable for any user id, I think. It may require SUID
> root though, in order to bind a port?
Only for listening on privileged ports (<1024?) is root required. I notice
from reading the release notes on AppleShare client 3.8 that you can
specify a port number in the IP address dialog box by using a colon, i.e.
www.xxx.yyy.zzz;port - which would mean as long as you picked a random
unprivileged port that you could connect from a Mac to this hypothetical
TCP-only afpd.
-- Nicholas Riley <nriley@staff.feldberg.brandeis.edu>
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