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Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -------------------------------------- Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 4 Aug 2005 02:07:08 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Aug 03 19:07:08 2005 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from outbound04.telus.net (priv-edtnes51.telusplanet.net) [199.185.220.223] by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 1 (Debian)) id 1E0V8W-0001Zt-00; Wed, 03 Aug 2005 19:07:08 -0700 Received: from [192.168.1.105] (really [154.20.5.216]) by priv-edtnes51.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.04 201-2131-118-104-20050224) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 20:06:37 -0600 Subject: ethereal won't start and outputs a capabilities error From: David Meggy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 19:15:38 -0700 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.5 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,HAS_PACKAGE, UPPERCASE_50_75 autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Package: ethereal Version: 0.10.12-2 I think this says it all <snip> # ethereal Could not set capabilities: Operation not permitted </snip> ethereal is version 0.10.12-2 kernel is kernel-image-2.6.11-9-amd64-k8 version 2.6.11-4 (i386 debian system) the tail end of strace ethereal is capget(0x19980330, 0, {CAP_CHOWN|CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE|CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH| CAP_FOWNER|CAP_FSETID|CAP_KILL|CAP_SETGID|CAP_SETUID| CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE|CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE|CAP_NET_BROADCAST| CAP_NET_ADMIN|CAP_NET_RAW|CAP_IPC_LOCK|CAP_IPC_OWNER|CAP_SYS_MODULE| CAP_SYS_RAWIO|CAP_SYS_CHROOT|CAP_SYS_PTRACE|CAP_SYS_PACCT|CAP_SYS_ADMIN| CAP_SYS_BOOT|CAP_SYS_NICE|CAP_SYS_RESOURCE|CAP_SYS_TIME| CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG|0xf8000000, CAP_CHOWN|CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE| CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH|CAP_FOWNER|CAP_FSETID|CAP_KILL|CAP_SETGID| CAP_SETUID|CAP_SETPCAP|CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE|CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE| CAP_NET_BROADCAST|CAP_NET_ADMIN|CAP_NET_RAW|CAP_IPC_LOCK|CAP_IPC_OWNER| CAP_SYS_MODULE|CAP_SYS_RAWIO|CAP_SYS_CHROOT|CAP_SYS_PTRACE| CAP_SYS_PACCT|CAP_SYS_ADMIN|CAP_SYS_BOOT|CAP_SYS_NICE|CAP_SYS_RESOURCE| CAP_SYS_TIME|CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG|0xf8000000, 0}) = 0 capset(0x19980330, 0, {CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH|CAP_NET_RAW, CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH|CAP_NET_RAW, 0}) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted) write(2, "Could not set capabilities: Oper"..., 52) = 52 exit_group(1) = ? Maybe this is a Debian kernel issue. I haven't ever look into what capabilities even are. David -- David Meggy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------- Received: (at 321204-close) by bugs.debian.org; 4 Aug 2005 08:24:36 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Aug 04 01:24:36 2005 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from katie by spohr.debian.org with local (Exim 3.36 1 (Debian)) id 1E0auX-0002s7-00; Thu, 04 Aug 2005 01:17:05 -0700 From: Frederic Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Katie: $Revision: 1.56 $ Subject: Bug#321204: fixed in ethereal 0.10.12-3 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: Archive Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 01:17:05 -0700 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,HAS_BUG_NUMBER autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Source: ethereal Source-Version: 0.10.12-3 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of ethereal, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: ethereal-common_0.10.12-3_i386.deb to pool/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.12-3_i386.deb ethereal-dev_0.10.12-3_i386.deb to pool/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.12-3_i386.deb ethereal_0.10.12-3.diff.gz to pool/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.12-3.diff.gz ethereal_0.10.12-3.dsc to pool/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.12-3.dsc ethereal_0.10.12-3_i386.deb to pool/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.12-3_i386.deb tethereal_0.10.12-3_i386.deb to pool/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.12-3_i386.deb A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Frederic Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated ethereal package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 09:41:24 +0200 Source: ethereal Binary: ethereal ethereal-dev tethereal ethereal-common Architecture: source i386 Version: 0.10.12-3 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Frederic Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Changed-By: Frederic Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: ethereal - network traffic analyzer ethereal-common - network traffic analyser (common files) ethereal-dev - network traffic analyser (development tools) tethereal - network traffic analyzer (console) Closes: 321204 Changes: ethereal (0.10.12-3) unstable; urgency=low . * debian/patches/04_drop-capabilities.dpatch: don't exit on failure, simply skip the capabilities part; use g_warning to output messages. (closes: #321204) Files: 0df4c0f1fec3344de3416d61a6828ddf 863 net optional ethereal_0.10.12-3.dsc c6d387d4ad7dda16c2735e786219ea4f 190089 net optional ethereal_0.10.12-3.diff.gz b88b3fb6bf10f1c6c6b6e9ff88002a45 5445188 net optional ethereal-common_0.10.12-3_i386.deb d6f72c796d0db14aaab8397e970df307 494330 net optional ethereal_0.10.12-3_i386.deb 789401752f9ed223a7c93fd86d9410fa 95628 net optional tethereal_0.10.12-3_i386.deb c519f6319ad7fe0549d9a00819f9e210 160440 devel optional ethereal-dev_0.10.12-3_i386.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFC8cnOoR3LsWeD7V4RAqgtAJ9KbA76NOGn/xYbv4UltRnE3PUg7ACdGddT LV4skbjCE1rymtLLVRQalnM= =+12G -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]