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| author | Michael Stapelberg | 2010-04-01 20:34:03 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Stapelberg | 2010-04-01 20:34:03 +0200 |
| commit | d31f2ce0bec276d54c2a2cfe70c2764aee4503d8 (patch) | |
| tree | ff6803ccf3cf391e775ec1c1ab9725969010e8d5 /man | |
| parent | makefile: only regenerate i3status.1 when necessary (Patch by Peter Johnson) (diff) | |
install i3status with cap_net_admin capability, document it
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/i3status.man | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/i3status.man b/man/i3status.man index a747c73..74493b9 100644 --- a/man/i3status.man +++ b/man/i3status.man @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ wireless wlan0 { } ethernet eth0 { - # if you use %speed, i3status requires root privileges + # if you use %speed, i3status requires the cap_net_admin capability format = "E: %ip (%speed)" } @@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ connected. === Ethernet Gets the IP address and (if possible) the link speed of the given ethernet -interface. Getting the link speed requires root privileges. +interface. Getting the link speed requires the cap_net_admin capability. Set +it using +setcap cap_net_admin=ep $(which i3status)+. *Example order*: +ethernet eth0+ |