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From: Lennert B. <bu...@gn...> - 2000-08-22 18:07:23
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> What's the reason for requiring a daemon to be run as root?
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> Wouldn't it be possible to simply use a /dev/tap{x] device directly from
> the UML? Then all root needs to do is:
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> ifconfig tap0 $IPADDR pointopoint $UMLADDR
> chown $UMLUSER /dev/tap0
I think you have never tested something like this.
greetings,
Lennert
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