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authorfile <file@f38db490-d61c-443f-a65b-d21fe96a405b>2006-09-27 21:48:01 +0000
committerfile <file@f38db490-d61c-443f-a65b-d21fe96a405b>2006-09-27 21:48:01 +0000
commitc3414d6078b5a1a78ad5e365721c7c8e92436aea (patch)
tree19c66ba038f1893d8d10044cd5ee80620f7260eb /doc
parent8d393950665c407a3c57428475288276783c88d3 (diff)
Add ability to set high ToS bits as non-root on Linux using libcap (issue #7047 reported by maddison)
git-svn-id: http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@43830 f38db490-d61c-443f-a65b-d21fe96a405b
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@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ The IAX2 protocol supports strong RSA key authentication as well as
AES encryption of voice and signalling. The SIP channel does not
support encryption in this version of Asterisk.
+By default, if you have libcap available, Asterisk will try to retain the
+CAP_NET_ADMIN capability when running as a non-root user. If you do not need
+that capability you may want to configure Asterisk with --without-cap; however,
+this will prevent Asterisk from being able to mark high ToS bits under Linux.
+More information on CAP_NET_ADMIN is available at:
+http://www.lids.org/lids-howto/node48.html
+
* DIALPLAN SECURITY
First and foremost remember this: