SIMH & root

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Wed Sep 1 23:10:28 2004

>David Holland wrote:
>
>>Speaking of SIMH..
>>
>>SIMH requires root privileges to do its networking (at least on most of
>>its unix host OS's), understandably, but I'm not happy with it...
>>
>>So I've hacked up some code changes that'll let me change the UID/GID &
>>chroot() SIMH is running on from the SIMH console.
>
> I run the Debian packaged version of SIMH, and it runs as a user.
>Looking at their configuration might keep you from having to invent
>some wheels.
>
> Doc

But, do you use the networking portion of SIMH? You can run SIMH or
KLH10 as a user, IF, you don't try to use Ethernet.

                Zane


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