dhcpcd-discuss

On 21/01/2021 12:37, Tim Tassonis wrote:
> > > If it only disabling privsep, I'm totally fine with that, as I never really 
> > > saw the upsides compared to the added complexity for a network daemaon mainly 
> > > performing privileged operations.
> >
> > It's not quite that simple :)
> >
> > You need dhcpcd-9.3.3 or better and the patch here:
> > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/668
> >
> > Hopefully merged upstream soon so NetworkManager can enjoy dhcpcd-9.
>
> Thanks a lot for the info. So, is this for privsep setup only, or for dhcpcd-9 
> in general? I decided I don't need privsep, is this still optional in dhcpcd-9?

dhcpcd-9 in general.
Basically older versions always modified the host in some way or still 
backgrounded the master processs with the -B option.
dhcpcd-9.3.3 changes that and added the --noconfigure option which is why it's 
now tied to a specific minimum version which makes upstream NetworkManager very 
happy.

In dhcpcd privsep is currently optional and there are no plans to change that.

Roy