Jean-Paul Calderone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:50:33 +0200, Thomas Dybdahl Ahle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >Den Mon, 26 Mar 2007 06:30:04 -0500 skrev Nick Craig-Wood: > >> Under linux the only priviledge you need is CAP_NET_RAW. It is possible > >> to give this to a process - a bit of searching with google will show you > >> how! > > > >How, I did google, but I wasn't able to find any way to do this in > >python.. > > You need a sendmsg wrapper (there are several, none in the stdlib), then > you need a privileged process which is willing to give you the privilege. > > It's pretty inconvenient.
You start a user process with an extra capability using want using libcap and the execcap and sucap tools. -- Nick Craig-Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://www.craig-wood.com/nick -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
