How to Install and Uninstall privbind Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "privbind" package

Please follow the steps below to install privbind on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: privbind
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 79
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Shachar Shemesh
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2-1.1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/p/privbind/privbind_1.2-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 15548
MD5sum: e35b79f8d62eb84c7bf860f74e74c4e9
SHA1: 602b5a8c0a788a402125b3a028944f7915409b7d
SHA256: da9f7d07a47f3dc484868509ddce1b7fd9a7457a8c5714b14b35c57796482d5d
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
Homepage: http://privbind.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu