Jeff Trawick wrote:
> Ben Greear wrote:
>
>> I have need of a web-server which can bind to a particular
>> device, both by binding to the local IP address and
>> also using the setsockopt(... SO_BINDTODEVICE) call.
>
>
>> Would there be any chance that such a patch would
>> be accepted into the main tree?
>
>
> sure there's a chance ;) if a patch isn't hard to create and you need
> such a server anyway, post the patch and let us see what this involves;
> please note that new features like this should be in 2.1-dev... you
> didn't mention which level of Apache you were interested in enhancing
I'm working on 2.0.48, the latest stable. I assume the patch will
port forward to the development version fairly easily.
One question I have: I need root priv to SO_BINDTODEVICE. But,
it appears to be highly un-cool to run apache as root. So, is
there any easy way to get root priv just while running the bind?
I will need to bind during the initial listening phase, and also
after an accept is done.
I'll try _DBIG_SECURITY_HOLE for now...
Thanks,
Ben
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Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
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