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Re: SSH LocalForward
From: sevo () inm de (Sevo Stille)
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 13:49:11 +0200
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more reasonable method is to move the check into add_local_forward(): --- readconf.c Sun Aug 3 00:55:40 1997 +++ readconf.c.orig Sun Aug 3 00:57:21 1997
Arrgh. As Jon Lewis correctly pointed out, the patch is reversed and could do with some cleanup. --- readconf.c.orig Sun Aug 3 00:57:21 1997 +++ readconf.c Sun Aug 3 13:20:08 1997 @@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ Forward *fwd; if (options->num_local_forwards >= SSH_MAX_FORWARDS_PER_DIRECTION) fatal("Too many local forwards (max %d).", SSH_MAX_FORWARDS_PER_DIRECTION); + if (port < 1024 && original_real_uid != UID_ROOT) + { + fatal("Privileged ports can only be forwarded by root.\n"); + } fwd = &options->local_forwards[options->num_local_forwards++]; fwd->port = port; fwd->host = xstrdup(host); Sevo
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