sudo would be just the ticket. rgh
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 22:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a somewhat tricky problem wrt. Ethereal under Debian 3.0R1: > The program works without any problem when run as user "root", but it > doesn't work when running as normal user. > > To be exact, as a normal user, when trying to capture packets I don't > see any interfaces available. Sure enough this is because packet > sniffers require the interface to be in promicous mode which can be > done only be root. > > I've tried setting ethereal setuid root - doesn't help either, since > ethereal complains that it doesn't want to be run setuid (also this > perfectly makes sense). > > > So the big question is: How can I run ethereal as normal user? > (without having everybody "su -" before starting ethereal) > > BTW: In another Linux-system runnign Redhat 8, whenever I start > ethereal a window pops up asking me for the root-pw, and once entered > ethereal comes up - and allows me to cacture packets > > TIA for your help > -ewald -- "It is possible to make things of great complexity out of things that are very simple. There is no conservation of simplicity" -- Stephen Wolfram Richard Heycock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tel : 0410 646 369 key fingerprint : 909D CBFA C669 AC2F A937 AFA4 661B 9D21 EAAB 4291 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
