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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 10247] Configure --enable-setcap-install does not set capa

Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 20:32:23 +0000

Comment # 10 on bug 10247 from
(In reply to comment #6)
> @Guy, well the best option would be the 3rd one - so that Makefile would
> check if there's sudo on the system and if there is then ask for password
> (or check if the privileges have been given - sudo password timeout on e.g.
> Ubuntu).

The *configure script* would check for sudo, and set up the Makefile to use it
fi present.

The Makefile would, in that case, run the privilege-granding programs with
sudo, and sudo would then ask for the password if it hasn't been given
sufficiently recently.


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