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Message-ID: <20230309170927.jzeksgqwstd6vunp@wittgenstein>
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 18:09:27 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Anjali Kulkarni <anjali.k.kulkarni@...cle.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
pabeni@...hat.com, zbr@...emap.net, johannes@...solutions.net,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] connector/cn_proc: Allow non-root users access
On Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 07:19:52PM -0800, Anjali Kulkarni wrote:
> The patch allows non-root users to receive cn proc connector
> notifications, as anyone can normally get process start/exit status from
> /proc. The reason for not allowing non-root users to receive multicast
> messages is long gone, as described in this thread:
> https://linux-kernel.vger.kernel.narkive.com/CpJFcnra/multicast-netlink-for-non-root-process
Sorry that thread is kinda convoluted. Could you please provide a
summary in the commit message and explain why this isn't an issue
anymore?
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