Re: [PATCH] wireless-dev: relax sysfs permissions

2006-08-22 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 04:47:40PM +0200, Jiri Benc wrote: > On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:49:45 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > > The sysfs attributes add_iface and remove_iface both check for > > CAP_NET_ADMIN whenever something is written. Hence, permissions for the > > files should be relaxed so that so

Re: [PATCH] wireless-dev: relax sysfs permissions

2006-08-22 Thread Jiri Benc
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:49:45 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > The sysfs attributes add_iface and remove_iface both check for > CAP_NET_ADMIN whenever something is written. Hence, permissions for the > files should be relaxed so that someone who is not root but happens to > have CAP_NET_ADMIN can do th

[PATCH] wireless-dev: relax sysfs permissions

2006-08-16 Thread Johannes Berg
The sysfs attributes add_iface and remove_iface both check for CAP_NET_ADMIN whenever something is written. Hence, permissions for the files should be relaxed so that someone who is not root but happens to have CAP_NET_ADMIN can do things. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- wire