netdev - Re: How to file a bug against iproute2?

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Date:	Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:52:54 -0700
From:	Alex Stahl <testcore@...il.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to file a bug against iproute2?

Thanks, Ben.

I'll be going back to userland now.

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Ben Hutchings
<bhutchings@...arflare.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-04-16 at 12:05 -0700, Alex Stahl wrote:
>> Hi Folks - Apologies in advance if this is the wrong forum for this...
>> I'd like to file a bug against iproute2 related to a permissions
>> issue, but can't find the bug tracker.
>
> This list is the bug tracker.
>
> [...]
>> According to the arch wiki, if I'm in the 'network' group I should be
>> able to manipulate interfaces:
>>
>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Groups#Group_list
> [...]
>
> That's talking about what groups should be used for access control by
> daemons and in the filesystem.  As far as the kernel is concerned,
> network configuration depends on the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability, not group
> membership.
>
> Ben.
>
> --
> Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare
> Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
> They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.
>
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