From 5be2fc1653e1047f4bb52525e9aa042e0895dd94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:25:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] packet.7: Remove mention of needing UID 0 to create packet socket The existing text makes no sense. The check is based purely on a capability check. (Kernel function net/packet/af_packet.c::packet_create() Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/packet.7 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7 index 27c351052..04eafc177 100644 --- a/man7/packet.7 +++ b/man7/packet.7 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ then all protocols are received. All incoming packets of that protocol type will be passed to the packet socket before they are passed to the protocols implemented in the kernel. -Only processes with effective UID 0 or the +Only processes with the .B CAP_NET_RAW capability may open packet sockets.