[CFR] PR bin/56500: rpc.lockd needs to use reserved ports

Peter Pentchev roam at ringlet.net
Tue Feb 17 08:17:13 PST 2004


Hi,

Does anybody see any possible security problems with the fix proposed
in PR bin/56500, which makes rpc.lockd regain root privileges for long
enough to bind to a reserved RPC port?

G'luck,
Peter

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