Jukka Ruohonen wrote:
Would it be reasonable to drop root privileges in tcpdump(1) by default?
Very.
On the other hand, this would clutter the system a little.
I don't think it clutters the system at all.
It may also bequestionable if this adds any value in terms of security.
I disagree: it reads data from the network and it runs as root. Please commit if that small patch is all that's required. :) -e.