netdev - Re: [PATCH] drivers/net/tun.c: test for CAP_NET

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Date:	Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:42:12 +0200
From:	Petar Bogdanovic <petar@...kva.net>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/net/tun.c: test for CAP_NET_ADMIN before
 attaching

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 07:36:23AM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Petar Bogdanovic <petar@...kva.net>
> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:28:08 +0200
> 
> > The following change will test for CAP_NET_ADMIN before attaching, even
> > if both tun->owner and tun->group equal -1.  The latter scenario can be
> > reproduced with ip(8) from iproute2, when using `ip tuntap' without the
> > `user' and `group' option.
> 
> Please read linux/Documentation/SubmittingPatches, for example you
> need to provide a proper "Signed-off-by: " tag at the end of your
> commit message.

Ok, thanks.
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