From efaacee72692a53b291c7488a7ee6493ec4d03ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Stapelberg Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:05:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] debian/i3status.postinst: Check if setcap is there, print info message if not (Thanks Sander) --- debian/i3status.postinst | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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# -- 2.39.5