How to Install and Uninstall privbind Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "privbind" package

Learn how to install privbind on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                privbind
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "privbind" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall privbind on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                privbind
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the privbind package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: privbind
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2-1.1build1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Shachar Shemesh
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 50
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/p/privbind/privbind_1.2-1.1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 14068
MD5sum: 17cc140c4e5a4a2809a67adf076f7467
SHA1: f174d774313d56c29c3da386fb16fe7dc201073c
SHA256: 14748216ed2c90c6d77fbe64d9d87013264a75c3fddf0b5728e03058ab7946d8
SHA512: 3280ec16efead825e624b3ec540bffbfcfacc1fa6535866df08367021a53ad4c9fc0427b419302b0a6be43ffc2af9f719e7cc41d4c9ebe31831aa2a91885e197
Homepage: http://privbind.sourceforge.net/
Description-en: Allow unprivileged apps to bind to a privileged port
Privbind is a utility that allows running non-root applications, only giving
them one root privilege - binding to low (<1024) ports. The aim is similar,
though using a completely different method, to "authbind".
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Privbind is a completely user space solution. It has no SUID executables, and
has to be started by a root user instead.
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Privbind is useful for cases where there is a need to run an untrusted program
that needs to bind to a low port, but requires no other root privilege. It is
also useful if a daemon has no capability to drop privileges itself.
Description-md5: 7cb1be1c68508ee5024cd6591870dee2