Arrgh. As Jon Lewis correctly pointed out, the patch is reversed and could
do with some cleanup.
--- readconf.c.orig Sun Aug 3 00:57:21 1997
+++ readconf.c Sun Aug 3 13:20:08 1997
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@
Forward *fwd;
if (options->num_local_forwards >= SSH_MAX_FORWARDS_PER_DIRECTION)
fatal("Too many local forwards (max %d).", SSH_MAX_FORWARDS_PER_DIRECTION);
+ if (port < 1024 && original_real_uid != UID_ROOT)
+ {
+ fatal("Privileged ports can only be forwarded by root.\n");
+ }
fwd = &options->local_forwards[options->num_local_forwards++];
fwd->port = port;
fwd->host = xstrdup(host);
Sevo