Michael C. Toren on Tue, 11 Jan 2000 20:40:53 -0500 (EST)


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Re: [PLUG] dialin server for linux?


> Reguarding the fact that the telnet program would be run as root -- this
> is basically your only option, unless you wish to require the users to go
> through another login prompt.

...or you could write a C wrapper that calls setgid(2) and setuid(2)
to become user nobody, and then exec(2) whatever you want.

-mct