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Article: 13280 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Can IKSD be run under a non-root userid?
Date: 3 Apr 2002 22:01:20 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <Pine.WNT.4.43.0204031247310.169-100000@refmntpc050.afsc.noaa.gov>,
<bob.hewitt@noaa.gov> wrote:
: I would like to have IKSD running under a regular userid, started from
: xinetd [running under the same userid.] I already have started IKSD from
: xinetd. But, I have run into difficulty with IKSD authorization [shadow
: passwords.] Somehow, I would need to deal with the 'shadow' file. Is this
: whole thing a major effort?
IKSD must be run as root in order for it to change uid to the logged
in user.
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer C-Kermit 8.0 available now!!!
The Kermit Project @ Columbia University includes Telnet, FTP and HTTP
http://www.kermit-project.org/ secured with Kerberos, SRP, and
kermit-support@columbia.edu OpenSSL. Interfaces with OpenSSH