Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 12:39:53 -0700 (PDT) From: <brian@FreeBSD.org> To: mi@aldan.algebra.com, brian@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/11981: access to tunN devices not allowed to non-root despite permissions Message-ID: <199906011939.MAA82607@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Synopsis: access to tunN devices not allowed to non-root despite permissions State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: brian State-Changed-When: Tue Jun 1 12:35:56 PDT 1999 State-Changed-Why: This is not a software bug. As I said in my mail, there's no point in being able to read/write /dev/tun* because you haven't got permission to configure the interface anyway. As most interfaces have no associated device in /dev, there is no facility in the kernel for anyone except root to add & remove routes etc. It would be plausable to add that facility (IMHO), but the lack of that facility doesn't constitute a bug. Translation: It's an enhancment - you'd need to discuss it on -hackers and then probably implement it yourself if you want it to happen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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