syslog and bind

[Kevin Darcy]

Riley McIntire wrote:

> "Kevin Darcy" <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote in message
> news:39F0CC7F.E43CC06D at daimlerchrysler.com...
> >
> > named needs to bind to port 53, which is in the reserved range, so it
> needs
> > superuser access.
>
> I thought bind 8 used an unprivledged port?

Only for *sending* queries to other nameservers and receiving responses to
those queries. It still listens on a privileged port to receive queries. When
you tell named to run unprivileged, you still have to start it with superuser
privileges, it binds to the reserved port, and then renounces its privileges.

> If not I'm wasting me time on
> this machine.

Looks that way, sorry to say.


- Kevin