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low level ethernet device access in linux
- From: grante at visi.com (Grant Edwards)
- Subject: low level ethernet device access in linux
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:33:25 -0000
On 2007-08-31, Tom Brown <brown at esteem.com> wrote:
> I understand that I am getting this error because I am running
> the application as a user and not as root. I would like to be
> able to run this app. as a user. Is there a way to create a
> socket without running the app. as root or sudo?
Yes.
According to the raw(7) man page:
ERRORS
EPERM The user doesn't have permission to open raw
sockets. Only pro- cesses with a effective user
ID of 0 or the CAP_NET_RAW attribute may do that.
Anticipating your next question:
$ man capabilities
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