Ethereal-dev: Re: Disector categories (Re: [Ethereal-dev] Priv sep in ethereal)

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From: LEGO <luis.ontanon@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 05:33:59 +0100
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:23:10 -0800, Stephen Samuel <samuel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ronnie sahlberg wrote:
> > dont run a application as root.
> > this is not specific to ethereal, it applies to all software DONT run
> > apps as root!
> 
> Unfortunately, ethereal needs raw device support to get the

let's give it raw access!

chgrp sniffers /dev/bpf*
chmod g+r /dev/bpf*

no need to be root, not at least on BSDs.