[Wine] Is there a hope for Serv-u 7.0.4.1?

[James Mckenzie]

Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com> wrote:
>Sent: Feb 10, 2009 9:12 AM
>To: James Mckenzie <jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net>
>Cc: wine-users at winehq.org
>Subject: Re: [Wine] Is there a hope for Serv-u 7.0.4.1?
>
>On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:07 AM, James Mckenzie
><jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> loopdemack <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
>>>Sent: Feb 10, 2009 8:58 AM
>>>To: wine-users at winehq.org
>>>Subject: [Wine]  Is there a hope for Serv-u 7.0.4.1?
>>>
>>>I tried several thing but on the end I get no results,
>>>first as a normal user you cant do nothing in wine with the serv-u, second you need to be logged as >a root
>>
>> Can you explain why you have to be logged in as root?  Is there a specific error you receive >>while running this program that states you have to be root or is it that the program will not run
>>unless you are an Administrator?  The first is a Linux level admin, the second is the generic name >>for the Windows Administrator.  If it is the second, this program will not successfully run under >>Wine.  Running Wine as root is highly discouraged, but in some cases necessary.
>
>Follow the old thread. It needs to bind to a low port. Root is
>required, unless POSIX permissions are used.
>
I hate programs that do that.  Of course, this maybe to get around firewalls and proxies.  Not good coding practices.  Use of POSIX is one way around this.  I'll look at the orginal thread on-line.  Got a date range for it?

James McKenzie