Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 18:17:57 +0100 From: Juan Francisco Rodriguez Hervella <jrh@it.uc3m.es> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Cc: snap-user@kame.net Subject: Sysctl and root privileges, how could I avoid them ? Message-ID: <3DE7A145.18986834@it.uc3m.es>
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Hello: I'm implementing a modification in the file "getaddrinfo.c", which calls a sysctlbyname function, but the problem is that this sysctlbyname function call requires "root" privileges. But I can not expect all the programs linked to libinet6 (where getaddrinfo is used) to be executed as root ! So I was wondering if there's any option to avoid this, I mean, I'd very much like if my sysctl function didn't require root privileges, then all the applications linked to libinet6.a would get benefit from my modification. Any other suggestion ? If you need more info I'll be glad to explain it deeper. -- JFRH. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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