vitalif
/
libnfs
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Projects Releases Wiki Activity

update README with highly non-portable capability support on some linux kernels

libnfs-4.0.0-vitalif
Ronnie Sahlberg 2011-09-13 15:17:21 +10:00
parent 1e1b70a24a
commit 22e73f32dd
1 changed files with 13 additions and 0 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

13
README
View File

@ -35,6 +35,19 @@ ports from connecting.
These servers require you use the "insecure" export option in /etc/exports
in order to allow libnfs clients to be able to connect.
Some versions of Linux support special capabilities that can be assigned to
programs to allow non-root users to bind to system ports.
This is set up by running
sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /path/to/executable
When libnfs is linked against an executable with this special capability
assigned to it, libnfs may be able to use system ports even when executing
under the privilege of a non-root user account.
This is highly non-portable so IF this works on your linux system, count
yourself lucky.
PLATFORM support
=================
As of now this is tested with linux, MacOSX and Apple iOS.