RE: [nbpp-devel] MultiThreader() and running as non root

[Eduardo J. B. <ej...@ne...>]

> In message <NEB...@ne...> you wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> > > I wonder how all those linux daemons manage to setuid then?  I'll
> > > have to do
> > > more research.
> >
> > Most daemons don't use multithreading... it's a headache for
> both runtime
> > quirks and portability.
>
> Sorry for going off topic, but what do they do then?  That is
> proxy/web type
> daemons?
>
> [snip]

Depends.

Apache, for example, uses a fork-pool; a master daemon forks off the
sub-servers and each handles some connections and then exit.  The balancing
is more complex, though (IPCs, etc).

Squid, OTOH, uses a single process with a huge select loop and Async events
and I/O.  Basically, reinvents the scheduler. ;-)

Most daemons use either fork-based single-threaded processes, or
asynchronous handling thru selects.

Regards,
Ej.