Hello!
On jeu. 3 oct. 21:07:00 2019, Christoph wrote:
- security: no privilege dropping on BSD
regis ~ # ps aux | grep bird root 31131 4.2 3.6 607704 602720 ? Ss Apr05 10956:29 /usr/sbin/bird -s /run/bird.ctl -c /etc/bird.conf -P /run/bird.pid root 31209 0.0 0.0 7572 800 pts/3 S+ 23:33 0:00 grep --colour=auto bird regis ~ # uname -a Linux regis.swordarmor.fr 4.14.83-gentoo #2 SMP Sat Feb 2 16:50:41 CET 2019 x86_64 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3450 @ 2.67GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux regis ~ #
If you mean running with another user than root, I don’t see it on Linux either.
There is a -u option when running bird: $ bird -s ... -c ... -P ... -u bird It works on Linux and complains on BSD. If anybody were to fix it, you're welcome. Maria