Re: SIOCETHTOOL history ?

["David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>]

   From: "arun" <akumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
   Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 18:07:48 +0530
   
   I have used SIOCGMIIPHY before and it seemed not to require 
   any su rights or capabilities.

Yes it does:

                /*
                 *      These ioctl calls:
                 *      - require superuser power.
                 *      - require strict serialization.
                 *      - return a value
                 */
                case SIOCETHTOOL:
                case SIOCGMIIPHY:
                case SIOCGMIIREG:
                        if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
                                return -EPERM;