Re: [squid-users] What if I have no permission to write into /usr/local?

you can do a port mapping using rinetd to redirect the request to different
port.

On Friday 18 July 2003 07:35 am, Adam wrote:
> Henrik wrote:
> > Binding Squid to low ports is not a good reason why to have to start
> > Squid as root. There is no good reason why a proxy should need to run
> > on a low port, or why it should not be allowed to when started as a
> > non-root user on a dedicated proxy server.
>
> I totally agree but some companies have been using the same port for many,
> many years (back in the Netscape Proxy days) and it is just
> fixed/hard-coded everywhere. So if you are dealing with an Enterprise wide
> change, it is not so easy to say "it's better to run squid on a high port
> and so we all need to change." However, as soon as our company migrates to
> their new ActiveDirectory/Exchange stuff and things settle down, I would
> like to work with the desktop guys to change the port but I point this out
> as I imagine other medium to large companies are also stuck with a
> low-numbered legacy port for historical reasons.
>
> adam
Received on Thu Jul 17 2003 - 18:25:10 MDT