Bug 20231 - Patch for tcpdump to run as normal user
Summary: Patch for tcpdump to run as normal user
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: tcpdump
Version: 6.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Harald Hoyer
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Keywords: FutureFeature
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-11-02 17:58 UTC by Jarno Huuskonen
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-11-07 12:26:52 UTC

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drop root patch for tcpdump-3.4 (3.02 KB, patch)
2000-11-02 17:59 UTC, Jarno Huuskonen 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Jarno Huuskonen 2000-11-02 17:58:14 UTC 
I made a patch for tcpdump-3.4 that adds -u parameter. This patch
allows tcpdump to drop root privileges after opening socket (like 
the arpwatch patch).

I'm attaching the patch (too many lines to cut and paste). If you notice
something wrong with the patch please let me know.

Thanks, 
-Jarno
Comment 1 Jarno Huuskonen 2000-11-02 17:59:30 UTC 
Created attachment 4934 [details]
drop root patch for tcpdump-3.4
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