[plt-scheme] anyone written a web-server app that drops privileges on Unix?

From: Danny Yoo (dyoo at cs.wpi.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 16 17:13:52 EST 2010

Hi everyone,

I'm writing a small web servlet using the PLT Scheme web server
libraries.  The servlet needs to run on port 80, but on Unix systems,
I need to be root to bind to port 80.  I feel a little nervous when I
have a long-running, network-accessible service, especially if it runs
as the superuser.  Does anyone have any suggestions on how to drop
privileges here?


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