https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754611
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754611#c0
Summary: Netlink and raw packet inconsistencies or obsolete man
pages?
Classification: openSUSE
Product: openSUSE 12.1
Version: Final
Platform: All
OS/Version: openSUSE 12.1
Status: NEW
Severity: Normal
Priority: P5 - None
Component: Kernel
AssignedTo: kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com
ReportedBy: nt1277@gmail.com
QAContact: qa-bugs@suse.de
Found By: ---
Blocker: ---
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/10.0.2
man 7 netlink states that:
"Only processes with an effective UID of 0 or the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability may
send or listen to a netlink multicast group."
In addition man 7 capabilities states that:
"CAP_NET_RAW
Use RAW and PACKET sockets."
Despite these statements I was able to run the followinng code without getting
any access denied type error messages:
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#include