Subj : Re: Fresh install error
To   : esc
From : StackFault
Date : Tue Jan 16 2024 08:34 pm

 es>  St> This way, MIS can be started with a regular user and still be able to
 es>  St> bind to a low port, without root privilege.
 es> 
 es> And it prevents a lot of odd problems, for example trying to run dos
 es> doors.

I've never tried running it as root so I guess I never experimented these issues.

Accession did mention something interesting which I didn't know and need to go validate, apparently MIS drops root privileges after bind, I need to check this out.

Cheers!

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