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Diffstat (limited to 'debian')
| -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# |