[arch-general] Linux Kernel capabilities

[Patrick Burroughs (Celti)]

On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 12:20:39 +0200
arnaud gaboury <arnaud.gaboury at gmail.com> wrote:

> I build my own kernel with ABS.
> 
> To allow my nspawn container to load kernel modules, I must add this
> to nspawn unit file:
> --capability=CAP_SYS_MODULE.
> 
> Unfortunately, it doesn't work and needed modules are not loaded from
> container but only from host. I realized there is no #define
> CAP_SYS_MODULE
> in /usr/lib/modules/4.1.2-2-ARCH/build/include/linux/capability.h.
> 
> Is this specific to the arch kernel ?
> 
> Thank you for hints.
> 

It was moved to include/uapi/linux/capability.h recentlyish.

As for your actual issue, SYS_CAP_MODULE isn't listed in the valid
capabilities for --capability in the systemd-nspawn manpage. Are you
perhaps confusing options?

Regards,
~Celti
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