From 80d23dab216b9eebef3b9984f2bae393fffc0d50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: aib <aibok42@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 13:53:04 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Add "how to run without root" (capabilities note) to README

---
 README.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f73f6d..03f5cd6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ If you want to remove Nethogs from your system, you can:
 
     sudo make uninstall
 
+### Running without root
+
+In order to be run by a non-root user, nethogs needs the `cap_net_admin` and `cap_net_raw` capabilities. These can be set on the executable by using the `setcap` command, as follows:
+
+    sudo setcap "cap_net_admin,cap_net_raw+pe" /usr/local/sbin/nethogs
+
 Coding standards
 ----------------