commit 7823c2baf22dc0c88fc3c31e8336b76a3ea21b07 Author: aagbsn <aagbsn@extc.org> Date: Mon Feb 18 02:33:20 2013 +0100 Update README.md with setcap instructions --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2c0935c..5ba014c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -168,4 +168,8 @@ By default ooniprobe will not include personal identifying information in the test result, nor create a pcap file. This behavior can be personalized by editing your ooniprobe.conf configuration file. +## Setting capabilities on your virtualenv python binary +If your distributation supports capabilities you can avoid needing to run OONI as root: + + setcap cap_net_admin,cap_net_raw+eip /path/to/your/virtualenv's/python