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| author | Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> | 2007-08-30 00:24:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> | 2007-08-30 00:24:40 +0000 |
| commit | 92802883a6ec5192b9df1ab7b3d4d8069b46f841 (patch) | |
| tree | 956ab91ef804104bde2f208b6425b01233d6f4b8 /doc | |
| parent | 4e83fc82878f4037921bb688e8559abf5701e856 (diff) | |
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Change the "--enable-setuid-install" option to install dumpcap and TShark
setuid instead of Wireshark. Remove the "DANGEROUS" notices, but leave it
disabled by default. Whine if the user runs Wireshark or TShark as root.
Add a preference to disable the whining. Add a "setuid-root" script that
can be used to switch dumpcap and TShark's setuid-ness on and off for
development and testing. Update the release notes and README.packaging.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=22733
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/README.packaging | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/README.packaging b/doc/README.packaging index 53d22a19ad..8404aee722 100644 --- a/doc/README.packaging +++ b/doc/README.packaging @@ -35,11 +35,15 @@ your package complies with this license, or we send in the marmots. In versions up to and including 0.99.6, it was necessary to run Wireshark with elevated privileges in order to be able to capture traffic. With version 0.99.7, all function calls that require elevated -privliges have been moved out of the GUI. +privliges have been moved out of the GUI to dumpcap. WIRESHARK CONTAINS OVER ONE POINT FIVE MILLION LINES OF SOURCE CODE. DO NOT RUN THEM AS ROOT. +If desired, you can use the configure option "--enable-setuid-install=yes" +to install dumpcap and TShark setuid root. This will allow normal users +to capture traffic. + 4. Customization. Custom version information can be added by creating a file called |