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From: "Sven Köhler" <skoehler@upb.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: allow process or user to listen on priviledged ports?
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 18:46:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bsf83s$f23$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3FEAD582.10908@upb.de>

>> I would give your application this capability (from #include 
>> "linux/capability.h")
>>
>>   /* Allows binding to TCP/UDP sockets below 1024 */
>>   /* Allows binding to ATM VCIs below 32 */
>>
>>   #define CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE 10
>>
>> You do this with a setuid wrapper which drops all capabilities but
>> that one and then runs your application.
> 
> Thx for the answer! That's exactly what i search for.

Unfortunatly my gladness didn't last long. The FAQ at
http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/kernel-2.4/capfaq-0.2.txt 
states that CAP_SETPCAP is disabled, but it doesn't say why it is 
disapled. That capability is needed by sucap to work.

So why is CAP_SETPCAP disabled by default?



      reply	other threads:[~2003-12-25 17:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-12-24 16:43 allow process or user to listen on priviledged ports? Sven Köhler
2003-12-24 17:02 ` Michael Buesch
2003-12-24 17:23 ` Olaf Dietsche
2003-12-24 21:34 ` Adam Sampson
2003-12-24 21:59   ` Thomas Zehetbauer
2003-12-24 22:00   ` Eric
2003-12-25 10:45 ` Nick Craig-Wood
2003-12-25 12:18   ` Sven Köhler
2003-12-25 17:46     ` Sven Köhler [this message]

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