Re: tcpdump: drop privileges by default?

[Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>]

On Wed, 09 Sep 2009, Jukka Ruohonen wrote:
> Would it be reasonable to drop root privileges in tcpdump(1) by default?

Yes, and most of your patch looks fine, but:

> -.IP
> -This behavior can also be enabled by default at compile time.

Instead of removing those lines from the man page, please explain what
the new default is, and how it interacts with the "-Z" option.

--apb (Alan Barrett)