Re: UDP Broadcasts
Re: UDP Broadcasts
- Subject: Re: UDP Broadcasts
- From: Jens Bauer <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 11:40:51 +0200
Hi Tomas,
(Sorry for cross-posting, but I believe that there are more people on the
network list, who knows about this)
On Fri, 26 Apr, 2002, Tomas Zahradnicky, Jr. <email@hidden> wrote:
>
is possible to make an udp broadcast to look for an entity
>
registered somewhere in the subnet and be non root? I haven't found
>
any other way which will be cross platform then registering on some
>
udp port and wait for broadcasts and respond to the broadcast
>
originator with my data. NSL seems to be not working properly and
>
ldap module is no longer supported.
As far as I know, any UDP access needs root access.
(anybody, correct me if I'm wrong)
But you have a few options.
You can build a tool, which is installed with root privileges, like the
ping tool.
If you write a GUI application, you should have a look at AuthSample,
which brings up a dialogbox asking for an administrator name and password.
I do not know if there are any high-level services, which sends "known"
UDP packets.
You should think of it like this:
Is it possible for your application/tool to do any damage or behave in a
bad manner, such as pumping data out on the network, which uses a lot of
bandwidth, *then* you need to ask the administrator for permission.
-So if the owner of the computer can be accused for anything, he has to
"sign a paper", which in this case is a dialogbox. ;)
Love,
Jens
--
Jens Bauer, Faster Software.
-Let's make the World better, shall we ?
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