Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Hasso Tepper <> | | Subject | Re: Sysctl syscall | | Date | Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:07:57 +0200 |
Andi Kleen wrote: > Hasso Tepper <hasso@estpak.ee> writes: > > 2.4 and 2.6 kernels and would work with capabilities > > (sys/capability.h)? Accessing `/proc/sys' directly isn't such > > alternative as it doesn't work with capabilities. > > What do you mean with "/proc/sys doesn't work with capabilities"?
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.
regards,
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