On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:28:27 -0800, Jeffrey Cunningham jeffrey@cunningham.net wrote:

I think maybe I figured it out. I should start the server from lisp running as root, but using setuid and setgid values for a non-privileged user. I was looking at your code and it appears you switch them after the server has started.

One of the things I really like about your server is the ability to hack the handler code on the fly while the server is operating. Wouldn't this be a little dangerous if I have to run from lisp as root?

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Once you've called START-SERVER with setuid/setgid, you're no longer root, so to say.