[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq runs as root if setcap() fails

[Cristóbal Palmer]

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Simon Kelley <simon at thekelleys.org.uk> wrote:
> There's  no order which makes everything work, as far as I can see.

Why not fork a test process which tries the capset? If that fails,
then you abort; if it succeeds, then proceed as you do normally. Am I
misunderstanding?

Cheers,
-- 
Cristóbal M. Palmer
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