SIMH & root

[Zane H. Healy]

>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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