Re: Outstanding question

On Sunday 09 February 2003 02:24 am, you wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 11:17:11PM -0500, marrandy wrote:
> > It reminded me that when I ps waux, I see it running as root although
> > it later sheds those privelidges.
> 
> No, you should be seeing /tcpserver/ running as root -- it spawns ftpd
> or httpd after accepting a connection.


Oop's...your right.  What was I thinking when I typed that.


> My question is how do you verify that everything is working fine and it has 
> shed privilidges etc.
> 
> As a one-off test, simply replace the call to httpd in your run script
> with /usr/bin/id (or whatever utility you use to determine the real and
> effective UIDs/GIDs on your system) and restart the service.  Then telnet
> to your httpd port and see for yourself.  Once you're satisfied, undo
> the above change and restart the service again.
> 
> - Adrian
> 
> 

Great Adrian..thanks :-)


Anyone tried William Baxters derivative server, especially the cgi server ?


Regards...Martin
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