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Permissions checks in ethertap device?

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Subject: Permissions checks in ethertap device?
From: Paul Rusty Russell <Paul.Russell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 16:42:36 +1100
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Why can't we rely on the normal open permissions checks for /dev/tap0?

For user mode kernel I'd like to be able to inject packets...

Rusty.
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