[tor-commits] [ooni-probe/master] Update README.md with setcap instructions

isis at torproject.org isis at torproject.org
Tue Mar 12 00:32:30 UTC 2013


commit 7823c2baf22dc0c88fc3c31e8336b76a3ea21b07
Author: aagbsn <aagbsn at extc.org>
Date:   Mon Feb 18 02:33:20 2013 +0100

    Update README.md with setcap instructions
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 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





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