Confirmed: after granting cap_net_raw=ep to /usr/bin/netselect , netselect-apt
with root checking commented out works well.
I wish this could be implemented in the next release.
I believe the reason netslect needs to run as root is due to the fact
that it uses raw sockets (sends an UDP probe, waits for an ICMP
reply). That is a capability reserved for the root user (or a user
with the CAP_NET_RAW capability).
Netselect could run as a regular-user in GNU/Linux systems if g
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