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authorgerald <gerald@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7>2008-02-27 01:22:51 +0000
committergerald <gerald@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7>2008-02-27 01:22:51 +0000
commit9f93307c53595511adf211c1c94660c24de0c85c (patch)
treeb1cfe1490a80cabe8acdba32b46d277c1df86cec /INSTALL
parent2f23034cbe4f7b85dd6b052dd14629d3fd2d9127 (diff)
Expand the setuid text a bit.
git-svn-id: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk@24485 f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7
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@@ -138,7 +138,13 @@ README.win32 for those instructions.
use this switch.
--enable-setuid-install
- Use this switch to install dumpcap as setuid.
+ Wireshark and TShark rely on dumpcap for packet capture. Setting this
+ flag installs dumpcap with setuid root permissions, which lets any user
+ on the system capture live traffic. If this is not desired, you can
+ restrict dumpcap's permissions so that only a single user or group can
+ run it.
+
+ Running Wireshark or TShark as root is not recommended.
--without-pcap
If you choose to build a packet analyzer that can analyze