[B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 5/9] batctl: Allow to retrieve interface stats as non-root

Sven Eckelmann
2017-01-22T12:21:09Z

Standard users are usually able to retrieve interface statistics via the
SIOCETHTOOL ioctl. Don't artificially prevent users to retrieve the
statistics via batctl.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
---
ioctl.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ioctl.c b/ioctl.c
index 2ef4f8b..2f25dc0 100644
--- a/ioctl.c
+++ b/ioctl.c
@@ -105,8 +105,6 @@ int ioctl_statistics_get(char *mesh_iface)
struct ifreq ifr;
int fd = -1, ret = EXIT_FAILURE;

- check_root_or_die("batctl statistics");
-
memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, mesh_iface, sizeof(ifr.ifr_name));
ifr.ifr_name[sizeof(ifr.ifr_name) - 1] = '\0';
--
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