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I am working on an embedded system device which basically has root user. I have a systemd service call.service which works fine with root access. The service basically creates a few sockets and then interacts with the network device. I want to launch this service with user UserA, and capabilities like net_raw and net_admin. I have written the following unit file:
file: /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/call.service

[Unit]
Description=XXX call service
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=userA
Group=userA
ExecStart=/opt/call/bin/call eth0 -P -1
CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_NET_RAW
ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /tmp/call
ExecStartPre=/bin/chmod -R 755 /tmp/call
ExecStopPost=/bin/rm -rf /tmp/call

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
However, when I launch this service, the service fails with an error stating that during socket creation "Operation Not Permitted".
$ systemctl restart call

Dec 01 17:56:10 xxxx call: ERROR    : CALL [17:56:10:682] socket creation failed: Operation not permitted
Corresponding src file for the error:
//file call.cpp
net_iface_l->sd_general = socket( PF_PACKET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0 );
	if( net_iface_l->sd_general == -1 ) {
		LOG_ERROR( "socket creation failed: %s", strerror(errno));
		return false;
	}
Can someone point out, if there is a mistake in the user creation or capabilities defined? May be something is missing in terms of the user permissions here, which I am unable to understand.
Asked by gst (171 rep)
Feb 9, 2024, 04:26 PM
Last activity: Feb 12, 2024, 05:07 PM