Richard Adams wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I upgraded from RH5.1/2.0.36 to Mandrake 6.0 so now I have kernel 2.2.9,
> > libax25-0.0.6, ax25-apps-0.0.2 and ax25-tools-0.0.3. Everything is OK !
> > Except for listen utility which works only under root. Here are the
> > error
> > when I strace it under an ordinary user account:
> >
> > socket(0x11 /* PF_??? */, SOCK_PACKET, 512) = -1 EPERM (Operation not
> > permitted)
> >
> > If I run under root I got the following instead:
> >
> > socket(0x11 /* PF_??? */, SOCK_PACKET, 512) = 3
> >
> > Who knows what permission is missing ?
>
> I may be out of line here, but do you have CONFIG_PACKET defined in the
> kernel of as a module.?
>
Does that mean you have a better solution then
chown root.root listen
chmod 4775 listen
Bob
