[Pkg-dspam-misc] Bug#385760: The dspam daemon should NOT be run by user dspam or default port needs to move

[Julien Cristau]

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 06:45:52 +0200, Julien Valroff wrote:

> tags 385760 + pending
> thanks
> 
> Le jeudi 28 oct. 2010 à 00:55:18 (+0200), Martin Zobel-Helas a écrit :
> > Hi,
> 
> Hi Martin,
>  
> > in the default configuration of dspam, if daemon gets enabled, the
> > daemon wants to listen on tcp port 24. Starting dspam per default as
> > user dspam then will just not work. Linux prevents direct “reserved
> > port” assignments by any process other than system root.
> > 
> > So you either let it run by root or fix the default port for this
> > application.
> > 
> > Interim-Solution: fix the init-script to blow up if user tries this.
> 
> This is already fixed in git. The default port is now 1024.
> 
1024 really doesn't sound like a good idea either, imo, there's every
chance somebody else will choose the first non-privileged port for some
other use.

Cheers,
Julien
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