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authorMike McQuaid2015-02-19 09:29:05 +0000
committerMike McQuaid2015-02-19 09:29:05 +0000
commit7f6d05e12dc10e63e30afdc871173d488a96d182 (patch)
tree4b3e166dfb5950eb78f7aac1c4488609b74a05cc /Library
parentfbab1e6151628dc1c3625283db2779181b99e2ae (diff)
downloadhomebrew-7f6d05e12dc10e63e30afdc871173d488a96d182.tar.bz2
tcptraceroute: recommend sudo instead of setuid.
Diffstat (limited to 'Library')
-rw-r--r--Library/Formula/tcptraceroute.rb11
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Formula/tcptraceroute.rb b/Library/Formula/tcptraceroute.rb
index 8c89b92c5..cebeea5e3 100644
--- a/Library/Formula/tcptraceroute.rb
+++ b/Library/Formula/tcptraceroute.rb
@@ -17,14 +17,9 @@ class Tcptraceroute < Formula
end
def caveats; <<-EOS.undent
- tcptraceroute requires superuser privileges. You can either run the program
- via `sudo`, or change its ownership to root and set the setuid bit:
-
- sudo chown root:wheel #{bin}/tcptraceroute
- sudo chmod u+s #{bin}/tcptraceroute
-
- In any case, you should be certain that you trust the software you
- are executing with elevated privileges.
+ tcptraceroute requires root privileges so you will need to run
+ `sudo tcptraceroute`.
+ You should be certain that you trust any software you grant root privileges.
EOS
end
end