Bug#320453: sudo ethereal doesn't work

2005-07-29 Thread W. Borgert
Quoting Bernardo Dal Seno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Downgrading Ethereal to version 0.10.11-1 is enough to make "sudo ethereal" > work. When I upgrade to version 0.10.12-1 again, "sudo ethereal" stops > working. >From 0.10.11-2/3 on, capabilities are used for security reasons. Maybe CAP_SETGID and/o

Bug#320453: sudo ethereal doesn't work

2005-07-29 Thread Bernardo Dal Seno
On 29/07/05 17:34, W. Borgert wrote: From 0.10.11-2/3 on, capabilities are used for security reasons. Maybe CAP_SETGID and/or CAP_SETUID are needed for that. I don't know much about capabilities, but could you try to add the two capabilities? (or compile without libcap, or without defining HAVE_

Bug#320453: sudo ethereal doesn't work

2005-07-29 Thread Bernardo Dal Seno
Package: ethereal Version: 0.10.12-1 Severity: normal I used to run Ethereal with the command "sudo ethereal" from an xterm. After having upgraded Ethereal to version 0.10.12-1, I get this error: ---CUT--- Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified (ethereal:8050)