When I use the hciconfig, hcitool, etc. applications that depend on
raw-data hci-sockets,
I have to be logged in as root for it to work. If not I get a permission
denied error.
Which files do I have to alter permissions on in order for a normal user
to do this?
I am using Linux 2.4.25, hci_usb + usb-uhci, Belkin USB dongle (CSR).
Thor
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Hi Thor,
> When I use the hciconfig, hcitool, etc. applications that depend on
> raw-data hci-sockets,
> I have to be logged in as root for it to work. If not I get a permission
> denied error.
>
> Which files do I have to alter permissions on in order for a normal user
> to do this?
there is a limited number of commands and events that are accessable to
everybody. There are no file permissions to change this, because it
depends on CAP_NET_ADMIN rights.
Regards
Marcel
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>I did
># chown root hciconfig
># chmod 4711 hciconfig
>
>which sets that program setUID root. This should solve that problem,
but setting programs setuid root *could* cause a problem for security.
Since all my bluez stuff is on a laptop that's rarely online, the risk
is negligible for me.
>
>-t.
Thanks, but this is not what I meant. The application that I am writing
(using raw-data hci sockets) should not require any
different permissions or owner. What I am looking for is a way to let a
normal user run my application that has normal permissions and
open a BlueZ hci socket.
An example is using the serial port in an application. To allow users to
run such a program, one would have to set permissions
on /dev/ttyS*.
Thor
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I did
# chown root hciconfig
# chmod 4711 hciconfig
which sets that program setUID root. This should solve that problem, but setting programs setuid root *could* cause a problem for security. Since all my bluez stuff is on a laptop that's rarely online, the risk is negligible for me.
-t.
Thor Egil Skaug wrote:
> When I use the hciconfig, hcitool, etc. applications that depend on
> raw-data hci-sockets,
> I have to be logged in as root for it to work. If not I get a permission
> denied error.
>
> Which files do I have to alter permissions on in order for a normal user
> to do this?
>
> I am using Linux 2.4.25, hci_usb + usb-uhci, Belkin USB dongle (CSR).
>
> Thor
>
>
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