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@@ -148,8 +148,10 @@ README.win32 for those instructions.
--enable-setuid-install
Use this switch to install the packet analyzers as setuid.
- Installating Wireshark and TShark as setuid 'root' is
- dangerous. Repeat: IT'S DANGEROUS. Don't do it.
+ Installing Wireshark and TShark as setuid 'root' is
+ dangerous. Repeat: IT'S DANGEROUS. Don't do it. (In fact,
+ applications using GTK+ 2.x will refuse to run setuid at
+ all, so Wireshark might not even run setuid.)
--with-ssl=DIR
If your SNMP library needs the SSL library, and your
@@ -157,26 +159,16 @@ README.win32 for those instructions.
you can specify where your SSL library is with this switch.
--without-net-snmp
- If 'configure' finds a supported version of the NET SNMP library
+ If 'configure' finds a supported version of the Net-SNMP library
on your system, the SNMP dissector will be enhanced to use
- routines from that SNMP library. Use this switch to avoid
- using the NET SNMP library even if you have it installed.
+ routines from the Net-SNMP library. Use this switch to avoid
+ using the Net-SNMP library even if you have it installed.
--with-net-snmp=PATH
Tell the 'configure' script where your net-snmp-config shell script
that comes with the net-snmp package is located, if not in a standard
location.
- --without-ucd-snmp
- If 'configure' finds a supported version of the UCD SNMP library
- on your system, the SNMP dissector will be enhanced to use
- routines from that SNMP library. Use this switch to avoid
- using the UCD SNMP library even if you have it installed.
-
- --with-ucd-snmp=DIR
- Tell the 'configure' script where your UCD SNMP library
- is located, if not in a standard location.
-
--without-plugins
By default, if your system can support run-time loadable modules,
the packet analyzers are build with support for plugins.