Bug 2188782

Summary:	Missing capabilities for turbostat
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Artem S. Tashkinov <aros>
Component:	kernel-tools	Assignee:	Orphan Owner <extras-orphan>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	42	CC:	acaringi, jforbes, jwboyer, lgoncalv, pbrobinson, ptalbert
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Description Artem S. Tashkinov 2023-04-22 08:52:13 UTC

It really makes no sense to allow only the root user to use this utility.

Each time I upgrade this package I have to run
```
/sbin/setcap cap_sys_rawio,cap_sys_nice=+ep /usr/bin/turbostat
```

Would be great if your changed the SPEC file to apply these capabilities on install/update.

Thank you.

Comment 1 Artem S. Tashkinov 2023-06-29 10:21:25 UTC

Is anyone alive out there?

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Comment 3 Artem S. Tashkinov 2024-05-07 16:16:38 UTC

Is anyone alive out there?

Comment 4 Fedora Admin user for bugzilla script actions 2024-11-27 01:49:33 UTC

This package has changed maintainer in Fedora. Reassigning to the new maintainer of this component.

Comment 5 Artem S. Tashkinov 2025-03-27 11:10:02 UTC

This is a single line change for the spec file.

Is it really so hard or what?

Why does this bug tracker exist in the first place?

What's the point of "maintainers" if they cannot even be bothered to attend to bug reports with ready to use  fixes?

Files TWO years ago.

Not a single freaking comment.

It's embarrassing.

Comment 6 Justin M. Forbes 2025-03-27 19:46:00 UTC

You are complaining in a bug against a package that hasn't existed for quite some time. kernel-tools is no longer a component, it is a subpackage of kernel. Your messages were literally being redirected to trash because the component doesn't exist. I happened to find it while looking for something else.
That said, there is certainly some reasoning to not just open turbostat to everyone, in the same reasoning that dmesg is not just open to everyone. I don't think that having to use sudo is such a high bar of entry.

Comment 7 Artem S. Tashkinov 2025-03-28 14:55:23 UTC

First of all, as a Fedora user, do I need to closely follow Fedora packaging just to ensure my bug reports are noticed? That’s an interesting expectation. Could you clarify what else is required? It seems like a lot to ask of users.

Secondly,

/sbin/setcap cap_sys_rawio,cap_sys_nice=+ep /usr/bin/turbostat

does not have any effect.

Turbostat reads RAPL counters, which is a completely safe operation and does not pose any risk of system compromise. In fact, a few years ago, the utility was updated at my request specifically to eliminate the need for sudo, since sudo itself has historically been a frequent source of security vulnerabilities.

What I’m suggesting would ultimately improve security, not weaken it.

Thirdly, Fedora lacks user-friendly tools for non-technical users to configure sudo. RHEL faces the same issue, so this bug report is relevant to both.

Lastly, this component has been inactive for two years, yet there has been no update on Bugzilla, nor has anyone addressed the pending bug reports.

It makes me wonder how many other reports in the bug tracker have been forgotten or left unresolved.

Comment 8 Artem S. Tashkinov 2025-03-28 15:01:02 UTC

> Your messages were literally being redirected to trash

Updates to this bug report result an a email sent to at least a dozen of people. Are they all just ignoring everything? That's interesting.