setsocket errors - and a journal file question

Mark.Andrews at nominum.com Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Fri Jan 5 03:48:32 UTC 2001


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> Ohhhhhh : )  I was talking about 8.2.2p7...  It looks like you are talking
> about 9.1.  I am running bind 8.2.2p7 as named -u named -g named
> 
> -Jeff

	The initial question was about BIND 9.  This was implied by the
	error messages.

	Mark

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> On Fri, 5 Jan 2001 Mark.Andrews at nominum.com wrote:
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> > 	From the 9.1 FAQ.
> > 
> > Q: Why doesn't -u work on Linux 2.2.x?
> > 
> > A: Linux threads do not fully implement the Posix threads (pthreads) standa
> rd.
> > In particular, setuid() operates only on the current thread, not the full
> > process.  Because of this limitation, BIND 9 cannot use setuid() on Linux a
> s it
> > can on all other supported platforms.  setuid() cannot be called before
> > creating threads, since the server does not start listening on reserved por
> ts
> > until after threads have started.
> > --
> > Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc.
> > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
> > 
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Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc.
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PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at nominum.com



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