Merge pull request #174 from Omnikron13/master

Added 'Running without root' section to the man page
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Arnout Engelen
2019-04-26 09:07:43 +02:00
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.RE .RE
.SH "RUNNING WITHOUT ROOT"
In order to be run by an unprivileged user,
.B nethogs
needs the
.I cap_net_admin
and
.I cap_net_raw
capabilities. These can be set on the executable by using the
.BR setcap (8)
command, as follows:
.PP
.in +4n
.EX
sudo setcap "cap_net_admin,cap_net_raw+pe" /usr/local/sbin/nethogs
.EE
.in
.SH "SEE ALSO" .SH "SEE ALSO"
.I netstat(8) tcpdump(1) pcap(3) .I netstat(8) tcpdump(1) pcap(3)
.SH AUTHOR .SH AUTHOR