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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-06-23 08:00:01 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-06-23 08:00:01 -0700
commit199f4c9f76fd8b030405abddf294e771f888de03 (patch)
treeee4f104a7562e1fd76882bc40f2de7d90812e1df /Documentation
parent37224470c8c6d90a4062e76a08d4dc1fcf91fc89 (diff)
parentca6bb5d7ab22ac79f608fe6cbc6b12de6a5a19f0 (diff)
Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: [NET]: Require CAP_NET_ADMIN to create tuntap devices. [NET]: fix net-core kernel-doc [TCP]: Move inclusion of <linux/dmaengine.h> to correct place in <linux/tcp.h> [IPSEC]: Handle GSO packets [NET]: Added GSO toggle [NET]: Add software TSOv4 [NET]: Add generic segmentation offload [NET]: Merge TSO/UFO fields in sk_buff [NET]: Prevent transmission after dev_deactivate [IPV6] ADDRCONF: Fix default source address selection without CONFIG_IPV6_PRIVACY [IPV6]: Fix source address selection. [NET]: Avoid allocating skb in skb_pad
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
index 76750fb9151..839cbb71388 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
@@ -39,10 +39,13 @@ Copyright (C) 1999-2000 Maxim Krasnyansky <max_mk@yahoo.com>
mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200
Set permissions:
- e.g. chmod 0700 /dev/net/tun
- if you want the device only accessible by root. Giving regular users the
- right to assign network devices is NOT a good idea. Users could assign
- bogus network interfaces to trick firewalls or administrators.
+ e.g. chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
+ There's no harm in allowing the device to be accessible by non-root users,
+ since CAP_NET_ADMIN is required for creating network devices or for
+ connecting to network devices which aren't owned by the user in question.
+ If you want to create persistent devices and give ownership of them to
+ unprivileged users, then you need the /dev/net/tun device to be usable by
+ those users.
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