Setting up gpg on an IRIX web server

[sen_ml@eccosys.com]

> On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, sen_ml@eccosys.com wrote:
> it would be nice for other os-s to support this so usage of setuid can
> be avoided.  does anyone know whether there is any work being done to
> support this?  (at least for linux?)

wk> according to Dave Miller this is not allowed by POSIX.  The solution
wk> for Linux are Capabilities (there is no Posix standard but it is
wk> decribed in the draft standard).  GnuPG supports it and IIRC Rèmi
wk> supplied the patches and it seems to work.  You have to do a 
wk> ./configure --use-capabilities to enable it.  However, you need an
wk> extra library (libpcap) to make irt work.

interesting, thank you for the information.

aside: i wonder why posix doesn't allow it.  time to go do some research
i guess ;-)