Bug#409657: libcap-bin, linux-2.6: setting capabilities does not work with Debian kernels
Package: libcap-bin,linux-2.6
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
The Debian kernels does not give the CAP_SETPCAP capability to the root
user, so the utilities in libcap-bin are not usable.
In my case this is a problem since the 2.6.18 kernel has added
/dev/net/tun to the CAP_SYS_ADMIN list. This means only the root user can
access this file, whatever the permissions of this file are. setpcaps or
sucap can't change that. This is a regression from the 2.6.17 kernel.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-amd64
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
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