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#! rnews 847 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.mnsinc.com!news From: Dave C <dcanatsey@atlanticfoods.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: revoking root privledges from httpd Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 08:09:20 -0400 Organization: Monumental Network Systems Lines: 6 Message-ID: <31BC1070.E88@atlanticfoods.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.239.54.34 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win95; I) I've heard that it's a BAD thing to run httpd while SUID. Granted I need SUID to grab port 80, but how do I then revoke SU status from the daemon? Many Thanx, Dave C.