[Pkg-net-snmp-devel] Bug#520724: Speed interface is 0

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:25:02 +0200
Frédéric Massot <frederic at juliana-multimedia.com> wrote:

> Le 13/09/2010 17:27, Stephen Hemminger a écrit :
> > On Sun, 12 Sep 2010 23:51:39 +0200
> > Frédéric MASSOT<frederic at juliana-multimedia.com>  wrote:
> >
> [...]
> >>
> >> Thank you for the reply.
> >>
> >> For access to audio or disk, we add user to group audio or floppy.
> >>
> >> Is it possible to do the same thing by adding the user snmp to group netdev?
> >
> > It is not an issue with group membership. Snmpd would have to either
> > root or have capability net_admin. It is not easy to setup a process to run
> > with additional capabilities; it requires setting up pam_cap, and setting
> > capability on executable.
> 
> [Assumption] If the network interfaces were managed like other devices 
> with a node in the folder "/dev". Will adding a user to a group would 
> address this type of problem?
> 
> I am often asked why the network interfaces were managed differently 
> from other devices, it is a historical convention or technical problems? :o)

Blame Bill Joy at BSD...