commit 6d7176dc431519b55862413308de33c4d728ba1c
author Giulio Grassi <giulio.grassi86@gmail.com> Wed Apr 16 16:08:48 2014 +0200
committer Giulio Grassi <giulio.grassi86@gmail.com> Fri Apr 18 00:13:05 2014 +0200
tree b92045b973bbd91c7ddf7b6aee4d2d1c3f60719a
parent 3ecec50221ce10e54f8cd699ef246f7d64a90fef

face: bugfix of MulticastUdpFace receiving packets from all available NICs on Linux

Now on Linux the creation of MulticastUdpFace requires
CAP_NET_RAW capability if the name of the interface is specified

Change-Id: Iff53035371fb26c6ee40e1065a0935e5ed16dc60
Refs: #1475

nfd.conf.sample.in

diff --git a/nfd.conf.sample.in b/nfd.conf.sample.in
index 22aae5a..ace10e1 100644
--- a/nfd.conf.sample.in
+++ b/nfd.conf.sample.in
@@ -66,7 +66,12 @@
 
     ; UDP multicast settings
     ; NFD creates one UDP multicast face per NIC
-
+    ;
+    ; In multi-homed Linux machines these settings will NOT work without
+    ; root or settings the appropriate permissions:
+    ;
+    ;    sudo setcap cap_net_raw=eip /full/path/nfd
+    ;
     mcast yes ; set to 'no' to disable UDP multicast, default 'yes'
     mcast_port 56363 ; UDP multicast port number
     mcast_group 224.0.23.170 ; UDP multicast group (IPv4 only)