Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 13:20:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@misha.cisco.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: kern/11981: access to tunN devices not allowed to non-root despite permissions Message-ID: <199906011720.NAA44297@misha.cisco.com>
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>Number: 11981 >Category: kern >Synopsis: access to tunN devices not allowed to non-root despite permissions >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jun 1 10:30:02 PDT 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Mikhail Teterin >Release: FreeBSD 3.1-STABLE i386 >Organization: Virtual Estates, Inc. >Environment: >Description: Despite the proper permissions on the /dev/tun? files, the tun-devices can only be opened by root. It seems, the tun-driver checks for this, without an obvious good reason... In addition, I'd like to be able to delegate an interface configuration to a non-root user, who is able to write to the device... >How-To-Repeat: mi@chubby:~ (84) ls -l /dev/tun3 crw-rw---- 1 mi dialer 52, 3 Jun 1 11:00 /dev/tun3 mi@chubby:~ (85) groups mi dialer operator wheel mi@chubby:~ (86) cat /dev/tun3 cat: /dev/tun3: Operation not permitted mi@chubby:~ (87) whoami mi >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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