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#3 run an non-root if possible

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Owner: Chris Palmer

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Priority: 5

Updated: 2008-08-22

Created: 2008-08-02

Creator: Anonymous

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libpcap captures packets without needing root access on OS X 10.5.4 (Leopard) because the bpf device files are readable. Switzerland should be able to run without root access on computers with similar configurations, and therefore should not request the privilege escalation unless it is needed.

Ken Cline [cline@frii.com]

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Peter Eckersley - 2008-08-22

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