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authorGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2007-11-20 16:53:01 +0000
committerGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2007-11-20 16:53:01 +0000
commit58914b5248b3f4e09be4394ac47f297fbd226877 (patch)
tree28d99d540514df3932aa6671c77e3df03602b6c4 /acinclude.m4
parentbe81aa150ebf189120bbfbdf1d9609c70d0b787a (diff)
If libcap is present, have dumpcap use it to drop privileges while
retaining CAP_NET_ADMIN and CAP_NET_RAW. Update some Makefile dependencies for dumpcap. svn path=/trunk/; revision=23511
Diffstat (limited to 'acinclude.m4')
-rw-r--r--acinclude.m431
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index ba7c65e305..ff9c31fba9 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -1237,6 +1237,37 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_WIRESHARK_ADNS_CHECK],
#
+# AC_WIRESHARK_LIBCAP_CHECK
+#
+AC_DEFUN([AC_WIRESHARK_LIBCAP_CHECK],
+[
+ want_libcap=defaultyes
+
+ if test "x$want_libcap" = "xdefaultyes"; then
+ want_libcap=yes
+ if test "x$ac_cv_enable_usr_local" = "xyes" ; then
+ withval=/usr/local
+ if test -d "$withval"; then
+ AC_WIRESHARK_ADD_DASH_L(LDFLAGS, ${withval}/lib)
+ fi
+ fi
+ fi
+
+ if test "x$want_libcap" = "xyes"; then
+ AC_CHECK_LIB(cap, cap_set_flag,
+ [
+ LIBCAP_LIBS=-lcap
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBCAP, 1, [Define to use the libcap library])
+ have_good_libcap=yes
+ ],,
+ )
+ else
+ AC_MSG_RESULT(not required)
+ fi
+])
+
+
+#
# AC_WIRESHARK_KRB5_CHECK
#
AC_DEFUN([AC_WIRESHARK_KRB5_CHECK],