Re: [User-mode-linux-devel] ifconfig idea

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> 
> The actual device names aside, what do you mean up letting ifconfig ONLY 
> configure umn and lo?  Are you talking about me shipping a restricted ifconfig 
> that people are supposed to make suid root?  

yup....some kind of checking to make sure the arguments are what UML will
be using....

> That can be done with a perl 
> script or a little binary that checks its arguments and execs ifconfig.
> 
perl script is out of the question...SUID scripts is even worse (well
maybe not) than SUID ifconfig.  A simple binary is probably a better idea.

> Long-term, I do think that ifconfig needs to lighten up a bit.  Maybe by 
> looking at the permissions of the tap devices (which I don't think it does 
> now).

I dont know TOO much, but i think it's more a kernel thing that's
restricting it from doing things..ifconfig doesn't really do much error
checking...

--buddy