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| author | Olivier Gayot <olivier.gayot@sigexec.com> | 2018-06-20 18:09:41 +0200 |
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| committer | Olivier Gayot <olivier.gayot@sigexec.com> | 2018-06-25 11:53:05 +0200 |
| commit | 03c8908ec6429a67c3a8f480f1002788ff155bfb (patch) | |
| tree | b3de6b55a1785354784547cd143b0780c31b5a83 /man | |
| parent | 4d3344ab9cd68bad5faf4ed3dad185dfcacb1e3d (diff) | |
Stop requiring CAP_NET_ADMIN
Since the following commit in the Linux kernel tree
0fdc100bdc4b ethtool: allow non-netadmin to query settings
it is no longer necessary to have the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to query
a device speed using ioctl(..., SIOCETHTOOL) in conjonction with the
ETHTOOL_GSET ethtool command.
The mentioned commit landed first in the 2.6.37 version of the Kernel.
This version is no longer maintained nowdays.
Since it is not necessary anymore, it is strongly prefered from a
security standpoint to drop the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability from the
binary.
Signed-off-by: Olivier Gayot <olivier.gayot@sigexec.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/i3status.man | 4 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/i3status.man b/man/i3status.man index 31f25ad..fecd079 100644 --- a/man/i3status.man +++ b/man/i3status.man @@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ wireless wlan0 { } ethernet eth0 { - # if you use %speed, i3status requires the cap_net_admin capability format_up = "E: %ip (%speed)" format_down = "E: down" } @@ -315,8 +314,7 @@ network interface found on the system (excluding devices starting with "lo"). Gets the IP address and (if possible) the link speed of the given ethernet interface. If no IPv4 address is available and an IPv6 address is, it will be -displayed. Getting the link speed requires the cap_net_admin capability. -Set it using +setcap cap_net_admin=ep $(which i3status)+. +displayed. The special interface name `_first_` will be replaced by the first non-wireless network interface found on the system (excluding devices starting with "lo"). |