> I would say it is not _acceptable_. The code shouldn't go into our > source tree until the known buffer overflow problems have been fixed. > It's just stupid to add buffer overflow problems to a program that is > always run as root.
Minor correction: tcpdump will run happily as non-root as long as it can read packets from /dev/bpf. I use this all the time on my own systems, having chmod'ed /dev/bpf to readable for group wheel. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [email protected] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [email protected] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
