Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/usr.sbin/timed/timedc
To: Christoph Badura <bad@bsd.de>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: source-changes
Date: 01/27/2007 22:17:00
Christoph Badura <bad@bsd.de> writes:
> On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 05:57:45PM +0000, Christian Biere wrote:
>> Modified Files:
>> src/usr.sbin/timed/timedc: Makefile cmdtab.c timedc.c timedc.h
>>
>> Log Message:
>> * Switch to user "nobody" after allocating the raw socket.
>
> "nobody" is strictly reserved for NFS and must not be switched to
> by any other process. Switch to "daemon", which is intended for such
> purposes, or some other user.
Our general practice these days is to add another user, with an _ in
the front of the name.
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Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com