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| author | mdodd <mdodd@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-04-13 00:30:19 +0000 |
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| committer | mdodd <mdodd@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-04-13 00:30:19 +0000 |
| commit | 6f55c85dec1eb335caa95ef07d9644fb0d921e7f (patch) | |
| tree | 7ac18311de6a6c0737fba69f89947b682bfb6aa8 /share/man/man4/tap.4 | |
| parent | bdcac6ad82d9d15d367abad3a4d81e966455070b (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-6f55c85dec1eb335caa95ef07d9644fb0d921e7f.zip FreeBSD-src-6f55c85dec1eb335caa95ef07d9644fb0d921e7f.tar.gz | |
Provide a sysctl (net.link.tap.user_open) to allow unpriviliged
acces to tap(4) device nodes based on file system permission.
Duplicate the 'debug.if_tap_debug' sysctl under the
'net.link.tap' hierarchy.
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/tap.4')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/tap.4 | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/tap.4 b/share/man/man4/tap.4 index 6932b79..c82220b 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/tap.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/tap.4 @@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ The Ethernet tunnel device, normally .Pa /dev/tap Ns Sy N , is exclusive-open (it cannot be opened if it is already open) -and is restricted to the super-user. +and is restricted to the super-user, unless the +.Xr sysctl 8 +variable +.Va net.link.tap.user_open +is non-zero. A .Fn read call will return an error |
