Hi,
I just noticed that since 2.3.50 it is not possible
to create an AF_UNIX socket as "normal" user.
You have to be superuser to "bind" the socket to
a file/inode.
The reason is the change in "linux/fs/namei.c" and
the recently introduced routine "vfs_mknod(...)".
This routine allows to create a socket only if
CAP_MKNOD is set.
a possible patch/fix:
-----------------snip ------------------------------------
--- linux/fs/namei_old.c Thu Mar 9 16:29:33 2000
+++ linux/fs/namei.c Thu Mar 9 16:11:37 2000
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@
mode &= ~current->fs->umask;
- if (!S_ISFIFO(mode) && !capable(CAP_MKNOD))
+ if (!S_ISFIFO(mode) && !S_ISSOCK(mode) && !capable(CAP_MKNOD))
goto exit_lock;
error = may_create(dir, dentry);
----------------snip--------------------------------------
With this patch everyone can create AF_UNIX sockets
(and I think this is the wanted behaviour, isn't it ?)
so long
Ingo
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