Re: insmod and capabilty

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On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 03:26:09PM +0200, Kevin Wilson wrote:
> Hi,
> Does "insmod" needs some capability ?
> Is there a capability which when not set, you cannot run
> perform insmod of a kernel module ? I don't see such capability
> in man 7 capabilities.

The capability is CAP_SYS_MODULE. See init_module(2).

> 
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> Kevin
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