SIMH & root

[Doc Shipley]

Zane H. Healy wrote:

>> 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.

   Haven't tried.  I'll do that in the next day or two.  Everything I've 
done worked fine by 'serial' transfer.


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