On Thu, 2012-03-01 at 15:34 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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On 2012-03-01 09:24, lynn wrote:
Wireshark uses promiscuous mode and should be root only.
But on ubuntu, I can run it as a user. Can I do that on 12.1?
You can probably suid the binary.
Yikes. To get perhaps one root capability, you give the application the world. Quite generous. As they say, with great power comes great responsibility. I just don't trust the general non-buggy-ness of things. Fine grained permissions seem a bit more secure. Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 roger.oberholtzer@ramboll.se ________________________________________ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden www.rambollrst.se -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org