can any user other than root access privileged port?
[276 byte] By [ramc@44a] at [2007-10-2 23:37:46] 
hi,I wanted to run a UDP listener on 500 port. The java program that listens on port 500 is run by a normal user. Does java provide configurations to allow a normal user access privileged ports? Or is it impossible for a normal user to control privileged ports.?
Yes, privileged ports are privileged, which means that normal users can't use them. This is an operating system thing (Unix & friends) and not something Java can do anything about. There are solutions and they lie in the OS domain, such as the setuid bit, but be careful who you give root privileges too.
ejpa at 2007-7-14 16:20:21 >
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