authbind port usage incorrect

[rusivi2]

Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04

2) apt-cache policy ubuntu-docs
ubuntu-docs:
  Installed: 10.04.3
  Candidate: 10.04.3
  Version table:
 *** 10.04.3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

apt-cache policy authbind
authbind:
  Installed: 1.2.0build3
  Candidate: 1.2.0build3
  Version table:
 *** 1.2.0build3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) What I expected to happen is when I looked into the Ubuntu Help Center for "authbind", I would not see:

"Ports from 512 to 1023 inclusive cannot be used with authbind because that would create a security hole, in conjection with
rshd."

4) What happened instead is that I saw the above quote, in contradiction to Ubuntu authbind bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/authbind/+bug/347211

Which notes this restriction is removed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: ubuntu-docs 10.04.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Aug 26 13:20:56 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-docs

[Matthew East (mdke)]

Moving this bug to authbind because that sentence appears to come from the authbind manual page, shipped with the authbind package.

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

Thanks for the bug report it will be reviewed for maverick.

chuck

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is no more supported; feel free to report again against a recent release if needed