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...eny have permissions of 644 and owned by user root and group root. This will be fine if icecast is run as an unprivledged user as it only needs to be able to read those files--not write or modify them. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael | mfaurot | You have the power to influence all with whom you come Faurot | atww.net | in contact. --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing...

One question though - how do I create a pseudo user? Thanks, Andrew On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Michael Faurot wrote: > In article <983130226.25873@phzzzt.atww.org> you wrote: > > : 1) With regards to the recent buffer-overflow exploit and the > : recommendation of running icecast as a non-root user, how exactly does > : one do that? > > I do it via "su". I use a pse...

...e shell to /bin/false. Basically at that point you should have a non-priv'd acct. Anyone else have any suggestions? On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Andrew M. Wu wrote: > One question though - how do I create a pseudo user? > > Thanks, > > Andrew > > On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Michael Faurot wrote: > > > In article <983130226.25873@phzzzt.atww.org> you wrote: > > > > : 1) With regards to the recent buffer-overflow exploit and the > > : recommendation of running icecast as a non-root user, how exactly does > > : one do that? > > > >...

...s dropped is connected locally over a 100M switched network, so I don't really think it's having a problem getting a 32K stream fast enough. :) Would changing over to v1.3.8.beta2 resolve this? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael | mfaurot | A good memory does not equal pale ink. Faurot | atww.net | --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscr...

...problem. To test, I've added two bogus directory servers to the configuration which it cannot possibly connect to and when it goes to touch, there doesn't seem to be any stuttering. Thanks. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael | mfaurot | You have the power to influence all with whom you come Faurot | atww.net | in contact. --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing...

...line. I can supply you with these IP addresses in private email if you wish to replicate what I've done. With these in place I was able to get 1.3.8beta2 to also stutter. :{ What can I try next? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael | mfaurot | Were there fewer fools, knaves would starve. - Faurot | atww.net | Anonymous --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the...

....] : I used the config files of the previos version : Some hints... Same situation here (also used previous configuration file from v1.3.8beta). RedHat v6.X, kernel 2.2.17 (with RedHat's patches). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael | mfaurot | Earth Destroyed by Solar Flare -- film clips at eleven. Faurot | atww.net | --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the w...

...rsion number, but the rpms have -2 now). That seems to have done the trick. Thanks. BTW, is CVS the only way to get libshout? I didn't see a link for it at http://www.icecast.org/download.html. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael | mfaurot | Piece of cake! Faurot | atww.net | -- G.S. Koblas --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe'...