[tor-bugs] #7875 [Tor]: debian obfsproxies can't advertise ports under 1024
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#7875: debian obfsproxies can't advertise ports under 1024
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Reporter: arma | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Tor: unspecified
Component: Tor | Version:
Keywords: tor-bridge | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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Comment(by flaushy):
You can grant priviledges to do so via setcap. (included in libcap2-bin)
setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /path/to/obfsproxy
After granting this capability you are able to run obfsproxy with user
rights on ports <1024
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man7/capabilities.7.html
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