From: /dev/rob0 <rob0@gmx.co.uk>
To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: Re: iptables permission problem in perl scripts
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 04:17:12 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200508150417.12978.rob0@gmx.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43002C64.3040101@riverviewtech.net>
On Monday 2005-August-15 00:47, Grant Taylor wrote:
> Can we get an ls -l of the files in question? What is the user that
> the web server is running as?
The OP said it was "nobody". It's not a file permission issue; it is
the fact that only root can manipulate the kernel's netfilter rules.
SUID (messy and risky) or sudo(1) (clean and possibly less risky if
done right) are really the only solutions.
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-08-14 7:34 iptables permission problem in perl scripts afshin lamei
2005-08-14 8:27 ` Gavin Henry
2005-08-15 5:47 ` Grant Taylor
2005-08-15 9:17 ` /dev/rob0 [this message]
2005-08-15 6:12 ` Jan Engelhardt
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2005-08-14 9:29 psihozefir
2005-08-15 5:44 ` Grant Taylor
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