Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #5548: Boost interprocess shared memory mutex requires root permissions on Linux

habdank@… — Wed, 18 May 2011 13:42:58 GMT

On Windows it works as expected.

Ion Gaztañaga — Fri, 27 May 2011 18:05:57 GMT

Interprocess uses POSIX calls (shm_open)to implement shared memory. Please review if those calls require SU permissions in your machine. If Interprocess correctly calls POSIX functions, then there is no bug in Interprocess.

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habdank@… — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:59:46 GMT

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habdank@… — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:00:08 GMT

attachment → shm.cpp

habdank@… — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:02:50 GMT

In the attachments there is an example that is working when the user has admin rights, but when the user has no admin rights (normal OS user) boost part is failing and POSIX is working. OS specification: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

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Ion Gaztañaga — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:20:53 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → worksforme

As said this is outside interprocess, I think it's a bug in your OS init scripts, as POSIX requires shared memory to be usable from non-root users.