[Nfd-dev] NFD Ethernet faces and PrivilegeHelper

[Junxiao Shi]

Dear folks

Just to give an update.

> NDN testbed router seems to be able to create Ethernet faces with no
> > problem, but they have disabled privilege dropping altogether.
> >
> > What's the recommended method to enable Ethernet faces for a PPA package
> > deployment? Am I supposed to disable privilege dropping as well? If so,
> > should this be configured in PPA's nfd.conf?
>
> I don't know about the PPA's configuration file, but the original
> nfd.conf.sample says that for Ethernet faces you either need to be
> root or set the appropriate file capabilities on the nfd binary.


I’ve reported PPA bug https://redmine.named-data.net/issues/4565
This isn’t an NFD bug, because nfd.conf has made it clear that *setcap* or
root is required.

The workaround is deleting ‘general.uid’ and ‘general.gid’ keys in
nfd.conf, so that NFD always runs as root. I’ve tested it doesn’t cause
problem with keychain file ownership.

Yours, Junxiao

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