Re: FTP and TELNET daemons as non root on OSF/1.

[joda@pdc.kth.se (Johan Danielsson)]

Brian A May <bmay@dgs.monash.edu.au> writes:

> Actually - aren't both issues a problem?

Yes, but if your operating system allow you to allocate ptys as
non-root, you should be ok.

> You mean the data curruption?

Yes.

> It would be nice if I could run my own telnet daemon without
> bothering root about it (if that were possible)

This would require you to login on the console and starting a
telnetd. This is typically not something you can do on the machines I
would like to do this on.

/Johan