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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1996-09-26 15:33:47 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1996-09-26 15:33:47 +0000 |
| commit | 1ddaf1a4b0c05fcae0584b28b0a93c61f92bcde7 (patch) | |
| tree | b50368f415b7ffbcccc8d7774d59e26e65dca57f /INSTALL | |
| parent | e84a6b4c80b6c06136e04e52c29f33454574eeb4 (diff) | |
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Add code to bind to privileged port as needed for RPOP.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=160
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@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ wish to change these defaults, edit the Makefile AFTER you run a prefix other than /usr/local, or you can choose completely different directories for each item. +Note: if you intended to use RPOP (which we don't recommend, you +should set up APOP), you'll have to make fetchmail suid root. This +is so it can call rresvport and bind to a privileged port, so the +server's TCP/IP will see that and know it's OK to let it bind to +a privileged port at the other end. + See the man page or the file sample.rcfile for a description of how to configure your individual preferences. |