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httpd and tcp wrapper

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:23 pm
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 :/

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:51 pm
by m!nus
what httpd are you using, they normally support switching to nobody-user even if they start as root