setcap-netbind/README.md

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   2 title: setcap-netbind
   3 homepage: https://github.com/webinstall/webi-installers/setcap-netbind/README.md
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   5   setcap-netbind: Give a binary the ability to bind to privileged ports.
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   7
   8 setcap-netbind will grant the specified program the ability to listen on
   9 privileged ports, such as 80 (http) and 443 (https) without root privileges or
  10 sudo. It seeks out the specified binary in your path and reads down symlinks to
  11 make usage as painless as possible.
  12
  13 ## Cheat Sheet
  14
  15 ```bash
  16 sudo setcap-netbind node
  17 ```
  18
  19 This is the same as running the full command:
  20
  21 ```bash
  22 sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' $(readlink -f $(which node))
  23 ```