Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that specific release.
** Changed in: iproute2 (Ubuntu Eoan) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to iproute2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1856045 Title: capabilities set with setcap are not honoured Status in iproute2 package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in iproute2 source package in Eoan: Won't Fix Bug description: Hi, In Ubuntu 19.10 I set capabilities as; setcap cap_net_admin,cap_sys_admin+ep /bin/ip getcap /bin/ip /bin/ip = cap_net_admin,cap_sys_admin+ep but; > ip addr add 20.20.20.20/32 dev lo RTNETLINK answers: Operation not permitted *exactly* the same works perfect on 18.04.3 LTS. BTW the set of a silly address on "lo" is just an example. Nothing works on Ubuntu 19.10 Regards, ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: libcap2-bin 1:2.25-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-24.26-generic 5.3.10 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Dec 11 15:27:00 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-12-09 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017) SourcePackage: libcap2 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iproute2/+bug/1856045/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp