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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 05:49:07 +1000
Subject: Re: sockets: bind to external interface
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On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:37 AM, Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> wr=
ote:
> Has anyone found a simple solution that can be administered without
> root privileges? =A0I mean simpler than passing the ip address
> manually :-)

You can run 'ifconfig' without being root, so there must be a way. At
very worst, parse ifconfig's output.

The way you talk of "the" external interface, I'm assuming this
computer has only one. Is there a reason for not simply binding to
INADDR_ANY aka 0.0.0.0? Do you specifically need to *not* bind to
127.0.0.1?

Chris Angelico