Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933339Ab1ERRuH (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2011 13:50:07 -0400 Received: from mail-bw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.214.46]:35251 "EHLO mail-bw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933294Ab1ERRuE (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2011 13:50:04 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:user-agent; b=JJGe3gaUR5hQRh5ALFx+bmiaChHoIU7ddYwcNi54Hp5uszto83iPiTgU4i3J5y7tZs kXKVbv4MVpFkz1n/+KxSW/JhyO1XyPkvs1NmcGAMYH8zxnauImMxE/FTtF9xwaeT5RuX 0M1itnuUKP+vHc6t323FJtL7Yv/qSOMEqpWL0= Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 21:49:59 +0400 From: Vasiliy Kulikov To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Randy Dunlap , "David S. Miller" , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] docs: describe /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ping_group_range Message-ID: <20110518174959.GA6019@albatros> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1421 Lines: 44 Copied the patch description from c319b4d76b9e with minor formatting changes. Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov --- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index d3d653a..3e119d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -717,6 +717,23 @@ icmp_errors_use_inbound_ifaddr - BOOLEAN Default: 0 +ping_group_range - vector of 2 INTEGERs: min, max + Specify the group range allowed to create non-raw icmp sockets. + + Possible applications: + + 1 0 (default) - nobody (not even root) may create ping sockets. + + 100 100 - grant permissions to the single group to either make + /sbin/ping sgid'ed and owned by this group or to grant permissions + to the "netadmins" group. + + 0 4294967295 - enable it for the world. + + 100 4294967295 - enable it for the users, but not daemons. + + Default: 1 0 + igmp_max_memberships - INTEGER Change the maximum number of multicast groups we can subscribe to. Default: 20 -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/