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Feature #276

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Libcap support for dropping privileges

Added by Victor Julien about 13 years ago. Updated about 5 years ago.

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New
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Normal
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Effort:
medium
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Description

On Linux we use libcap-ng to drop privileges after startup. Currently libcap-ng supports Linux only, so we need a different solution for FreeBSD and Mac OS X.

Using libcap would likely work.

Requirements:
- A solution would have to be coded up into src/util-privs.c.
- As much as possible the API should remain the same.
- configure.in/autotools need to auto detect presence and usability of libcap
- libcap-ng (if present) needs to have preference over libcap

Alternatively, libcap-ng could be improved. The upstream dev has indicated to be willing to accept patches for other operating systems.


Related issues 2 (2 open0 closed)

Related to Suricata - Feature #2375: Design and implement sensible per-thread capabilitiesNewOISF DevActions
Related to Suricata - Feature #2931: Perform privdrop without libcap-ng supportNewEmmanuel RoullitActions
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