From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@bougret.hpl.hp.com>
Cc: kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Multicast netlink for non-root process
Date: 11 Jun 2002 23:02:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <p737kl5cyw1.fsf@oldwotan.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020611134418.A22893@bougret.hpl.hp.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
Jean Tourrilhes <jt@bougret.hpl.hp.com> writes:
> The cause is here :
> ----------- net/netlink/af_netlink.c - l322 ------------------
>
> static int netlink_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr, int addr_len)
> {
> [...]
> /* Only superuser is allowed to listen multicasts */
> if (nladdr->nl_groups && !capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
> return -EPERM;
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Why ?
There used to be a reason for it (ask Alexey for details), but it has gone.
It should be safe now to remove it I think.
-Andi
next parent reply other threads:[~2002-06-11 21:02 UTC|newest]
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2002-06-11 21:02 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2002-06-11 21:13 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2002-06-11 21:23 ` Andi Kleen
2002-06-11 21:40 ` kuznet
2002-06-11 23:31 ` Andi Kleen
2002-06-11 23:55 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2002-06-12 4:25 ` James Morris
2002-06-12 17:25 ` kuznet
2002-06-12 17:45 ` James Morris
2002-06-12 17:54 ` kuznet
2002-06-12 22:53 ` David S. Miller
2002-06-11 20:44 Jean Tourrilhes
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