Due to restrictions imposed by several kernel APIs CRIU uses, the tools can only work with run with root privileges. However, if the node administrator sets the +suid bit on the criu binary, or runs criu as an [[RPC]] service, criu will be able to work on behalf of regular user.
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Due to restrictions imposed by several kernel APIs CRIU uses, the tools can only work with run with root privileges. The plan is to provide [[user-mode]], but it will have restrictions.
In the latter case, the following security restrictions would apply:
In the latter case, the following security restrictions would apply: