Re: Error socket: Operation not permitted

[Guy Harris <guy () netapp com>]

On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 01:51:15PM -0800, Steve Bonds wrote:
> Yes, you have to be root.

Or you have to have the right capability bits (CAP_NET_RAW and, to get a
list of the interfaces, CAP_NET_ADMIN) set for the process running the
libpcap-based program.

Unfortunately, I know of no Linux distribution whose userland lets you
specify, for example, that particular users should have particular
capability bits set in their login processes, so that you can give
particular privileges to particular users, so, in practice, a program to
do packet capture needs root privileges on Linux.
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