guessnet requires root privileges when it shouldn't
Bug #175425 reported by
Andrew
This bug affects 2 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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guessnet (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
libnet (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: guessnet
Guessnet 0.42-1 requires root privileges. According to the debian bugs, this was supposed to be fixed in debian version 0.26-1:
http://
Running as non-root user fails with this message:
$> cat /dev/null | guessnet -i eth0
libnet_init(): UID or EUID of 0 required
. Context: opening link interface
You can try invoking guessnet as user root instead of currentuser
Changed in libnet: | |
assignee: | nobody → schwitzd |
Changed in libnet: | |
assignee: | schwitzd → nobody |
Changed in guessnet: | |
assignee: | nobody → schwitzd |
Changed in guessnet: | |
assignee: | schwitzd → nobody |
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Note: found in Xubuntu Gutsy
Also the debian bug mentions the limitation of libnet1, so I added that package to this bug as well