Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Multicast netlink for non-root process | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | 11 Jun 2002 23:02:22 +0200 |
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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
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