Iain R. Learmonth wrote:
[...]
> "Should non-superusers be able to use native AX.25 interfaces?"
>> Xastir can be installed in a way that allows members of the "xastir-ax25"
>> system group to use a native Linux AX.25 interface from within Xastir.
>> Where available this configuration uses Linux capabilities in order to
>> limit the process's privileges to only those required, falling back on
>> installing the binary setuid where Linux capabilities are not available.
[...]
> "This is recommended over the alternative of running Xastir directly as
> root, but enabling it may be a security risk, so it is disabled by
> default. If in doubt, or if you do not intend to use native AX.25
> interfaces (using a serial TNC or Internet connection instead), it is
> suggested to leave it disabled."
It all seems to make sense now.
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