X-Git-Url: https://git.piment-noir.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=7ebf20947703a9ee476d299e5b9b460740d8e4d4;hb=2521374f70d1a666c0e8d59eec926ef254ffc186;hp=001e6b457814163380b105cc3b91f7d07c8923c2;hpb=fcc42bfe8501f9f4c5b69d19f5d196e5348c4c81;p=deb_libnfs.git diff --git a/README b/README index 001e6b4..7ebf209 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. @@ -52,3 +65,16 @@ Cygwin ------ Configure with './configure --enable-tirpc' since cygwin only supports ti-rpc and not classic rpc. + + +RELEASE TARBALLS +================ +Release tarballs are available at https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs/downloads + + + +MAILINGLIST +=========== +A libnfs mailinglist is available at http://groups.google.com/group/libnfs +Announcements of new versions of libnfs will be posted to this list. +