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
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