* mode of /proc/sys/net/ipv6/icmp
@ 2003-07-28 9:18 Jasper Spaans
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From: Jasper Spaans @ 2003-07-28 9:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pekkas, yoshfuji, davem; +Cc: linux-kernel
Hello,
Can anybody tell me why /proc/sys/net/ipv6/icmp is mode 0500 instead of the
more logical 0555 ? Is there something to hide from normal users in there?
Diff below fixes this, but I'd like to know the rationale behind this..
Index: net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/linux-2.5/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -r1.7 sysctl_net_ipv6.c
--- linux-2.5/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c 27 Jun 2003 16:44:43 -0000 1.7
+++ CVS/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c 28 Jul 2003 07:46:51 -0000
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.ctl_name = NET_IPV6_ICMP,
.procname = "icmp",
.maxlen = 0,
- .mode = 0500,
+ .mode = 0555,
.child = ipv6_icmp_table
},
{
VrGr,
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