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Incorrect permissions on route flush sysctl

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Subject: Incorrect permissions on route flush sysctl
From: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:01:13 -0400
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This has been brought up before.. http://lkml.org/lkml/2000/1/21/116
but didnt seem to get resolved.  This morning I got someone
file a bugzilla about it breaking sysctl(8).

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>

--- linux-2.6.11/net/ipv4/route.c~      2005-04-25 11:57:45.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.11/net/ipv4/route.c       2005-04-25 11:58:09.000000000 -0400
@@ -2843,7 +2843,7 @@ ctl_table ipv4_route_table[] = {
                .procname       = "flush",
                .data           = &flush_delay,
                .maxlen         = sizeof(int),
-               .mode           = 0644,
+               .mode           = 0200,
                .proc_handler   = &ipv4_sysctl_rtcache_flush,
                .strategy       = &ipv4_sysctl_rtcache_flush_strategy,
        },

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