SUCCESS! regular users can see all info from /sbin/ifconfig, ping 127.0.0.1 gets replies, and wget no longer throws "Permission denied".
I had been trying to figure this problem out for months. I thought the only customisations made to the kernel were around the hardware - ARM SOC platforms, integrated peripherals, etc. I didnt have any clue that extra network security bits had been added. I had looked through the /proc/config.gz but completely missed the line that says CONFIG_ADROID_PARANOID_NETWORK=y Thanks very much to everyone for your help! On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 9:11 AM, <pe...@chubb.wattle.id.au> wrote: > > It's nothing to do with locales. > > This line: > > socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) > > is your problem. > > My guess is you're using an android derived kernel, and you have > CONFIG_ANDROID_PARANOID_NETWORK set. In this case you need to create > a group called aid_inet and add yourself (and any other users wanting > to use the network) to that group: > > As root: > groupadd -g 3003 aid_inet > usermod -G aid_inet your_login_name > > See http://elinux.org/Android_Security#Paranoid_network-ing > > y > > -- Kind Regards, Christopher Barnes e. chris.p.bar...@gmail.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
