Re: [Linuxptp-users] Capabilities for ptp4l

[Richard C. <ric...@gm...>]

On Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 11:44:26AM +0200, Miroslav Lichvar wrote:
> I put together a quick patch that implements dropping of the root
> privileges. There are few issues. One is that ptp4l is not able to
> respond to pmc running under root.

Not a big deal.  The root user can run the 'su' command.

> Also, all sockets would probably have to be moved to a new
> directory owned by the user under which ptp4l is running.

The user is free to do this.  Also not a problem IHMO.

> Would it make sense to support this in linuxptp?

Yes.

Thanks,
Richard