Re: Trouble getting uml networking going.
On 06 Jul 2003 04:48:39 -0400, Shaun ONeil <shaun@dog-berry.com> said:
> Two things that strike me are that uml_net's default permissions
> require you to be root, or in group uml-net .. and uml_net performs
> the tun/tap configuration itself - I'm not sure if the route already
> existing would be enough to break uml_net when it tries to do it
> itself.
On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 12:29:55 -0400, Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> said:
> uml-utilities installs uml-net setuid root and only executable by a
> privileged group. If you want to use preconfigured tap, you can
> dpkg-statoverride it to be not setuid and executable by everyone.
Thanks. The permissions were indeed the issue. Once I added
myself tothe group, it all worked well.
> Now that persistent tap devices are becoming more common, perhaps I
> should reconsider this default. Feedback is welcome.
Well, I don't quite understand the seqience of events here to
comment. Where does umn_net get invoked from? If there is a
preconfigured tap, and I am in the group uml_net, would things work
still?
manoj
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