Subject: Re: Kernel patch to allow user bind < port 1024?
To: Eugene Levy <eugene@nutrify.com>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/02/2001 22:21:39
Eugene Levy wrote:

> Where in the NetBSD kernel source are the restrictions to prevent
> non-root users from binding server sockets on ports below 1024?  I wish
> to write a patch to allow this!  Eventually it would be nice if future
> NetBSD distributions put this in as a kernel configuration option.

Look in the options(4) manpage for IPNOPRIVPORTS.

Simon.
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