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

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Date:	Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:32:39 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Alex Stahl <testcore@...il.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How to file a bug against iproute2?

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.

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