On 13-05-2019 11:02, Roy Marples wrote: > On 13/05/2019 09:31, Kristoffel Pirard wrote: >> The dnsmasq man page for the --user parameter says that "Dnsmasq must >> _normally_ be started as root". We tested starting as non-root user, >> but with capabilities cap_net_bind_service, cap_net_admin, >> cap_net_raw. It currently seems to work, but I'm debating if we >> should actually use this 'hack'. >> >> So should the ambiguous adverb 'normally' be removed from the >> documentation? If not, what are the circumstances in which it is >> allowed to not start as root? > > The whole world is not Linux. Most other OS's don't have these caps. > > In other words: The _normally_ in 'Dnsmasq must normally be started as root' is correct.
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