Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 10247] Configure --enable-setcap-install does not set capa
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Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 20:30:39 +0000

Comment # 9 on bug 10247 from 
(In reply to comment #7)
> (In reply to comment #6)
> > @Guy, well the best option would be the 3rd one - so that Makefile would
> > check if there's sudo on the system and if there is then ask for password
> > (or check if the privileges have been given - sudo password timeout on e.g.
> > Ubuntu).
> 
> What happens if the user is not a sudoer?

Then sudo fails and they don't get to have what they want - which they won't be
able to get no matter what, as the administrator of the machine has decided
that they shouldn't have the privileges necessary to get what they want.

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