httpd and tcp wrapper

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The_Dark_Avenger
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httpd and tcp wrapper

Post by The_Dark_Avenger »

I've got a problem...
I've configured /etc/inetd.conf so, that httpd should work through tcp wrapper; this is line from /etc/inetd.conf:

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http stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd httpd
but the problem is so, that when I'm making request on http port, I'm getting error message from httpd, that it cannot start listening on port 80 (the reason is, i guess, that inetd is listening on it).
So the question is... how to solve this problem??

I could, of course, launch httpd normally, but security level will be lower :/
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m!nus
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Post by m!nus »

what httpd are you using, they normally support switching to nobody-user even if they start as root
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