[clearview-discuss] 2008/002 Clearview UV Updates

[Cathy Zhou]

Gary Winiger wrote:
>>    An updated UV design document is included in the case materials.
> 
>> 2.4 Privileges for dlmgmtd
>>
>>    The dlmgmtd daemon described in 2006/499 requires the following set of
>>    privileges: file_dac_write, file_chown_self, sys_mount, and
>>    sys_net_config.
> 
> 	In looking at the materials (though I didn't read too carefully),
> 	I saw dlmgmtd described, but not anything to do with privilege.
> 	Is this saying it now will run with no special access rights?
> 	For example as user noaccess and either no or just basic privileges?
> 
> Gary..
> 
Hi Gary,

Sorry for not being clear. The dlmgmtd is still run by root, but once it starts, it drops 
all privileges and only keeps limited privileges.

Thanks
- Cathy