Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] [Fwd: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 1741] New: Privilege separation patch]

[Joerg Mayer <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 02:58:10PM -0700, Gerald Combs wrote:
> I've submitted a patch which implements some of the changes discussed at
> http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/PrivilegeSeparation . If no one
> has any objections I'd like to check it in later this week.

I'm afraid you lost me with this patch: 

I understand the wireshark capture model correctly, wireshark
doesn't need root privileges even now because capturing can be done by
dumpcap, and thus wireshark should never be installed suid root. This
is reflected by configure.in. Is there a specific reason why this line
of work isn't enforced and adapted to tshark as well?

 ciao
     Joerg
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Joerg Mayer                                           <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
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