X-Git-Url: https://git.piment-noir.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=24b1f00ec6916b469f8bce70e572a6ac7e26b991;hb=86ef4910045771a1da4023a1880ba1c9e265eb6d;hp=79f49eb531c8266479e491fcf4f75169edfc90cb;hpb=4b6737c15c4ba2c7ce529906ff952910b6fa8c9e;p=deb_libnfs.git diff --git a/README b/README index 79f49eb..24b1f00 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -35,6 +35,19 @@ ports from connecting. These servers require you use the "insecure" export option in /etc/exports in order to allow libnfs clients to be able to connect. +Some versions of Linux support special capabilities that can be assigned to +programs to allow non-root users to bind to system ports. +This is set up by running + sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /path/to/executable +When libnfs is linked against an executable with this special capability +assigned to it, libnfs may be able to use system ports even when executing +under the privilege of a non-root user account. + +This is highly non-portable so IF this works on your linux system, count +yourself lucky. + + + PLATFORM support ================= As of now this is tested with linux, MacOSX and Apple iOS. @@ -45,7 +58,7 @@ MacOSX: - tested with SDK 10.4 (under Snow Leopard) - should also work with late iOS: - tested with iOS SDK 4.2 - running on iOS 4.3.x FreeBSD:- tested with 8.2 OpenSolaris -Windows:- tested on Windows 7 using Visual Studio 10 +Windows:- tested on Windows 7 64 and Windows XP 32 using Visual Studio 10 (see README.win32.txt for build instructions) Cygwin