411355 – app-admin/collectd-5.1.0: use linux capabilities with configured ping-plugin

Bug 411355 - app-admin/collectd-5.1.0: use linux capabilities with configured ping-plugin

Summary: app-admin/collectd-5.1.0: use linux capabilities with configured ping-plugin

Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Andreas K. Hüttel

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Reported:	2012-04-09 16:25 UTC by Stef Simoens
Modified:	2012-05-04 22:21 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Stef Simoens 2012-04-09 16:25:30 UTC

I'm not sure why the ebuild has 
"
# use collectd_plugins_ping && setcap cap_net_raw+ep ${D}/usr/sbin/collectd
# we cannot do this yet
"
because this allows me to run collectd as a non-priviledged user...


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
- configure ping plugin
- start collectd as non-priviledged user
Actual Results:  
ping plugin: ping_host_add (www.google.com) failed: Operation not permitted


Expected Results:  
no error message

setcap cap_net_raw+ep `which collectd` allows the ping to succeed

Comment 1 Andreas K. Hüttel archtester

2012-05-04 22:21:51 UTC

Because there is no support in portage for capabilities yet. If it works, it works by chance...

http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_18c1565bed3e0d797ad7943d227cb77f.xml