[Spread-users] SO_REUSEADDR Final Chapter?

Theo Schlossnagle jesus at omniti.com
Mon Sep 24 13:48:22 EDT 2001


On Monday, September 24, 2001, at 12:58  PM, Ben Laurie wrote:
> "Theo E. Schlossnagle" wrote:
>> Also, a small program can be included in autoconf (that binds 
>> REUSEADDR,
>> changes uid's and then binds again REUSEADDR) and have it only run if 
>> the
>> configure is begin run as root.
>>
>> Have it say "checking for dangerous SO_REUSEADDR... skipping test, not 
>> root"
>
> Ick! No sane person runs configure as root!

I, of course, agree.  But, I am no man's master :-)

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