From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Hasso Tepper <hasso@estpak.ee>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Sysctl syscall
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:23:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200611171023.45595.ak@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200611171007.57596.hasso@estpak.ee>
On Friday 17 November 2006 09:07, Hasso Tepper wrote:
> I have process which drops root privileges after startup and retains only
> some privileges using CAP_NET_ADMIN and CAP_SYS_ADMIN capabilities.
> I can change values in /proc/sys/net/ipv[46]/* (like turning forwarding
> on/off) from this process using sysctl syscall, but I can't write
> directly into /proc/sys/net/ipv[46]/* from it.
That sounds more like a security bug than a feature to be preserved.
-Andi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-17 9:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-11-15 22:03 Hasso Tepper
2006-11-15 22:19 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-11-17 7:15 ` Andi Kleen
2006-11-17 8:07 ` Hasso Tepper
2006-11-17 9:23 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2006-11-17 9:38 ` Hasso Tepper
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