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Enable the use of ports below 1024 #122
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This patch enables the use of port lower then 1024 for grafana. This is achieved by setting the capability "CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE" for the binary "/usr/sbin/grafana-server".
Setting this has some security implications but not a whole lot. The ping command on centos uses a similar approach to enable it to use raw packets while not using setuid.
Background:
Explaining the use of 'capabilities' for ping:
Linux man page about 'capabilities':