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graysky

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Registered: 2008-12-01

Posts: 10,597

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dnsmasq question - running as root or user

I read the speeding up with dnsmasq wiki page and was interested in this software.  Upon installation I was presented with the following:

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| IMPORTANT: Unless you want to run dnsmasq as root, you |
|     must either enable CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES in |
|     your kernel or add capability to the MODULES array |
|     in /etc/rc.conf.                                   |
| For more details on configuring dnsmasq, visit:        |
|     http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html      |
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I have no idea which module I need to modprobe.  Two questions:

1) What is the advantage of having dnsmasq run as a non-root user?
2) What module do I need to modprobe to do it?

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Malstrond

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From: Germany

Registered: 2009-06-03

Posts: 98

Re: dnsmasq question - running as root or user

I don't really know, but according to this, the parameter is obsolete on kernel versions > 2.6.26. It doesn't seem to appear anymore in the config documentation for 2.6.30.