From: Eric Leblond <eleblond@inl.fr>
To: Peter.Muller@gmx.at
Cc: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: Re: ipq_read error
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:58:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1130414330.14426.73.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <12274.1130407731@www36.gmx.net>
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Hi,
Le jeudi 27 octobre 2005 à 12:08 +0200, Peter.Muller@gmx.at a écrit :
> Hello!
>
> I'm using libipq's ipq_read function in a program to read packets that were
> queued to userspace by a kernel module.
> Does ipq_read really needs root privileges or are there other solutions? Any
> help on this is appreciated.
As the program is directly talking to the kernel, you need to be root to
be able to access libipq.
A standard solution is to switch to a given user as soon as you do not
need anymore root privileges.
BR,
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Éric Leblond, eleblond@inl.fr
Téléphone : 01 44 89 46 40, Fax : 01 44 89 45 01
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2005-10-27 10:08 ipq_read error Peter.Muller
2005-10-27 11:58 ` Eric Leblond [this message]
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2003-11-20 14:15 ipq_read() error Sylvie Colin
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