My apologies.
Setting SUID bit for /usr/bin/dumpcap works in all cases.
Also, getcap fails on the fat client and the thin client console, but works on
the application server itself. I'm still curious about setting capabilities on
the fat or thin client.
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I am currently setting up a new cluster of LTSP-PNP servers running Debian 8.
I have the appropriate settings for adding all authenticated users to various
groups automatically using pam_group.so, modelled after settings in the
debian-edu-config package and documentation at
https://help.ubunt