Because it binds to UDP/698 which is a "privileged"(<1024) port. - Andreas > Hello > > > > why is it necessary to run olsr with root premission ? > > Abhishek Misra > > _______________________________________________ > olsr-dev mailing list > (spam-protected) > https://www.olsr.org/mailman/listinfo/olsr-dev > --------- Andreas Tønnesen http://www.olsr.org