On 19/09/18 at 14:07, m712 wrote: > > On September 18, 2018 1:31:56 PM GMT+03:00, Alessandro Selli > <alessandrose...@linux.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I recently installed etherape 0.9.13-1+b1 and found out it could >> not >> do anything when run as an unprivileged user: >> >> >> Error opening eth0 : eth0: You don't have permission to capture on that >> device (socket: Operation not permitted) - perhaps you need to be root? >> >> >> I could find an "EtherApe (as root)" menu item in my desktop's menu >> under System, but it asks for the superuser's password and I don't like >> that. >> >> I then run the following command as root: >> >> >> setcap CAP_NET_RAW=pe /usr/bin/etherape >> >> >> And i can now run etherape as a regular user without entering the >> superuser's password or setting the binary SUID root. >> >> Could this be make a default setting at package installation, or at >> least could there be some reference to this setting in the package info >> and/or in the command man page? > I agree that this should be a package default, not just here but on Debian's > side too. Would you like to contact the maintainer or should I? > > m712
For once I'll put aside my laziness and do it myself. ☺ Thank you anyway. Alessandro -- Alessandro Selli <alessandrose...@linux.com> VOIP SIP: dhatarat...@ekiga.net Chiave firma e cifratura PGP/GPG signing and encoding key: BA651E4050DDFC31E17384BABCE7BD1A1B0DF2AE _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
