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

[Julien Valroff]

Le vendredi 29 oct. 2010 à 15:02:37 (+0200), Julien Cristau a écrit :
> 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.

I can easily change this, what do you suggest?
I also thought at 2424, what do you think?

Cheers,
Julien

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