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| author | Michael Stapelberg <michael@stapelberg.de> | 2011-07-29 14:05:31 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Stapelberg <michael@stapelberg.de> | 2011-07-29 14:05:31 +0200 |
| commit | efaacee72692a53b291c7488a7ee6493ec4d03ef (patch) | |
| tree | eeb84d28c992d3b3d7cee43a21c0dbdb36790b34 /debian/i3status.postinst | |
| parent | 319664ce43ee38885e053c1f73f565cb231d7516 (diff) | |
debian/i3status.postinst: Check if setcap is there, print info message if not (Thanks Sander)
Diffstat (limited to 'debian/i3status.postinst')
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/i3status.postinst | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/debian/i3status.postinst b/debian/i3status.postinst index 26eccc4..6507da8 100644 --- a/debian/i3status.postinst +++ b/debian/i3status.postinst @@ -5,7 +5,13 @@ set -e # Allow users to get the speed of ethernet interfaces. This is not a security # issue as i3status only queries the speed, it does not change any # configuration. -setcap cap_net_admin=ep /usr/bin/i3status || true +if [ -x /sbin/setcap ] +then + setcap cap_net_admin=ep /usr/bin/i3status || true +else + echo "setcap(8) not installed. You need to set CAP_NET_ADMIN \ +to be able to query the network link bandwidth without root privileges." +fi #DEBHELPER# |