Ethereal-dev: RE: [ethereal-dev] Three small patches

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From: Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 18:40:42 +0100
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joerg Mayer [mailto:jmayer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 10 February 2000 18:37
> To: Peter Kjellerstedt
> Cc: ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ethereal-dev] Three small patches
> 
> 
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Peter Kjellerstedt wrote:
> 
> > The second patch adds the configure option --enable-setuid-install
> > which installs ethereal and tethereal (and possibly ethereal_static)
> > setuid root. An option that at least I find very useful, though
> > definitely nothing that should be done by default ;)
> 
> Hmm, so you add '--enable-setuid-install' because you don't want to
> type            'chmod +s "/usr/local/bin/*ethereal*"'. Is this a
> Windowsism?
> 
>  Ciao
>      J�rg

Well, I add that once when I configure, then i can make and
make install as many times as I like without having to remember
to set the setuid bit every time I do a make install.

//Peter