Repository : ssh://git@open-mesh.org/alfred

On branch : master

commit 4384c2bde1650cbdfedf56708f195cccb5066ed5 Author: Simon Wunderlich sw@simonwunderlich.de Date: Fri Aug 14 18:23:36 2015 +0200

alfred: mention libcap in the README

Reported-by: Florian Steinel alfred@open-mesh.org.flonet.net Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich sw@simonwunderlich.de

4384c2bde1650cbdfedf56708f195cccb5066ed5 README | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README index 7cef9f6..938a275 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ alfred depends on: * librt (usually part of libc) * IPv6 support in the kernel/host system

-and if distributing GPS information: - * libgps +and optionally: + * libgps - if you want to distribute GPS information + * libcap - if you want extra security by dropping unneeded privileges

To compile alfred, simply type:

@@ -53,6 +54,10 @@ CONFIG_ALFRED_GPSD=n: $ make CONFIG_ALFRED_GPSD=n $ make CONFIG_ALFRED_GPSD=n install

+If don't want to compile with libcap to drop privileges, use: + + $ make CONFIG_ALFRED_CAPABILITIES=n + $ make CONFIG_ALFRED_CAPABILITIES=n install

Usage -----