steamcast runs only as root user (?)
steamcast runs only as root user (?)
Hi there,
i just tried steamcast and discovered that it only runs under the root user. This is, in my opinion, not beneficial to security and so i tried to run it as the nobody user.
Running on nobody only gives me a seqmentation fault:
The files are owned by nobody, so that shouldnt be the problem:
I dont know whats wrong, but it works fine under the root account. With shoutcast for example i never experienced problems running it under the nobody account, so it should be no problem.
For the sake of completeness, here is my config:
The Server runs Debian 4.0 Etch AMD64 with lib32.
Is there any chance to solve this??
i just tried steamcast and discovered that it only runs under the root user. This is, in my opinion, not beneficial to security and so i tried to run it as the nobody user.
Running on nobody only gives me a seqmentation fault:
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# /sbin/start-stop-daemon --chuid nobody:nogroup --user nobody --group nogroup --start --exec /opt/steamcast/steamcast /opt/steamcast/steamcast.conf
/**************************************************/
/** Steamcast Distributed Network Multimedia Server/0.9.75 beta (Linux)
/** Written by: Jay Krivanek
/** NOTE:Use of this program indicates that you
/** have agreed to the license contained in the
/** README.txt file.
/**************************************************/
Event Log:
<08/23/2007@16:12:30> [serv] WARNING: SourceIsSC has been defined before any SourceMount on line 27
<08/23/2007@16:12:30> [serv] WARNING: SourceIsDefault has been defined before any SourceMount on line 28
<08/23/2007@16:12:30> [serv] Configuration loaded from /opt/steamcast/steamcast.conf
<08/23/2007@16:12:30> [serv] WARNING: mime.types could not be loaded, mime types will not be loaded.
<08/23/2007@16:12:30> [serv] WARNING: steamcast.vip could not be loaded, no vips will be loaded
<08/23/2007@16:12:30> [serv] WARNING: steamcast.ban could not be loaded, no bans will be loaded
<08/23/2007@16:12:30> [serv] PID: 19835
<08/23/2007@16:12:30> [serv] Listening to ANY:8123 for incoming client connections...
<08/23/2007@16:12:30> [serv] Starting Thread pool of 5 threads...
<08/23/2007@16:12:30> [serv] Listening to ANY:8124 for incoming source connections...
<08/23/2007@16:12:30> [serv] Listening to 8123 for incoming stat connections...
Segmentation fault0 Nodes: 0 (Unique: 0) Tx: 0.00 bps<->0.00 bps
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# ls -la
total 792
drwxr-xr-x 2 nobody nogroup 4096 Aug 23 16:09 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 23 14:59 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 3643 Aug 23 16:09 2007-08-23-steamcast.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 23026 Nov 19 2006 README.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 1103 May 29 2006 mime.types
-rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 999 Jan 19 2005 steamauth.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 749748 Nov 19 2006 steamcast
-rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 1169 Aug 23 16:09 steamcast.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 5 Aug 23 16:09 steamcast.pid
For the sake of completeness, here is my config:
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; SERVER CONFIG
; -------------
PortBase=8123
MaxUser=64
; MaxBandwidth=0
IPMaxUser=0
LogFile=%Y-%m-%d-steamcast.log
MimeFile=mime.types
BanFile=steamcast.ban
VipFile=steamcast.vip
ScreenLog=Yes
RealtimeLog=Yes
YPLog=Yes
PidFile=steamcast.pid
NameLookups=No
ShowLastSongs=20
ClientTimeout=30
; USER CONFIG
; -----------
AdminUser=******
AdminPass=******
; SOURCE CONFIG
; -------------
SourceIsSC=Yes
SourceIsDefault=Yes
; SOURCE 1
; --------
SourceMount=/stream
SourcePass=******
SourceUserMax=64
SourceIsSC=Yes
SourceIsDefault=Yes
SourcePublic=Never
SourcePublicRelays=No
; SOURCE 2
; --------
SourceMount=/radio
SourcePass=******
SourceUserMax=10
SourceIsSC=Yes
SourceIsDefault=No
SourceAuth=No
SourceAuthMax=3
SourcePublic=Never
SourcePublicRelays=No
; SOURCE 3
; --------
SourceMount=/lowradio
SourcePass=******
SourceUserMax=10
SourceIsSC=Yes
SourceIsDefault=No
SourceAuth=No
SourceAuthMax=3
SourcePublic=Never
SourcePublicRelays=No
; ADVANCED CONFIG
; ---------------
ServIP=ANY
SrcIP=ANY
ThreadPool=5
Is there any chance to solve this??
- Jay
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There is no real reason why steamcast can't run as an unprivileged user. Look at your event log and resolve the Warnings.
This section is completely wrong
; SOURCE CONFIG
; -------------
SourceIsSC=Yes
SourceIsDefault=Yes
These variables cannot be defined without first defining a SourceMount
I do not advise running the current steamcast without a mimetypes file.
I would extract a default config file and then try running that as nobody to rule out the configuration problems causing the crash as opposed to the unprivileged user you are running as.
This section is completely wrong
; SOURCE CONFIG
; -------------
SourceIsSC=Yes
SourceIsDefault=Yes
These variables cannot be defined without first defining a SourceMount
I do not advise running the current steamcast without a mimetypes file.
I would extract a default config file and then try running that as nobody to rule out the configuration problems causing the crash as opposed to the unprivileged user you are running as.
- Jay