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Ethereal-dev: Re: Fwd: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Ethereal patch: limit capability set under Linux

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From: Olaf van der Spek <olafvdspek@xxxxxxxxx>

Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:00:46 +0200

On 6/15/05, Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Wouldn't it be a good idea to do it the other way round? Usually running
> Ethereal in user level and raise capabilities (somehow like su does it),
> when needed while capturing.

AFAIK su 'just' does a root login, so it's the same way, not the other
way around.

References:
- Re: Fwd: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Ethereal patch: limit capability set under Linux
  - From: Greg Morris
- Re: Fwd: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Ethereal patch: limit capability set under Linux
  - From: Ulf Lamping

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