Running nscd as a non-root user

Oopsz · Guru Joined: 08 Oct 2002 Posts: 340

Is there any benefit to running nscd as root? Would there be any problems running it as a non privleged user?
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rojaro · l33t Joined: 06 May 2002 Posts: 732

afaik nscd needs access to port 53 udp and tcp which is a privileged port. therefore it pretty much needs to run as root to be able to access it.

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