Stop requiring CAP_NET_ADMIN

Since the following commit in the Linux kernel tree

  0fdc100bdc4b ethtool: allow non-netadmin to query settings

it is no longer necessary to have the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to query
a device speed using ioctl(..., SIOCETHTOOL) in conjonction with the
ETHTOOL_GSET ethtool command.

The mentioned commit landed first in the 2.6.37 version of the Kernel.
This version is no longer maintained nowdays.

Since it is not necessary anymore, it is strongly prefered from a
security standpoint to drop the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability from the
binary.

Signed-off-by: Olivier Gayot <olivier.gayot@sigexec.com>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/i3status.conf b/i3status.conf
index 07ffb74..6ac43cb 100644
--- a/i3status.conf
+++ b/i3status.conf
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ wireless _first_ {
 }
 
 ethernet _first_ {
-        # if you use %speed, i3status requires root privileges
         format_up = "E: %ip (%speed)"
         format_down = "E: down"
 }