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authorScott Anderson <scott@anderso.nz>2020-04-28 20:44:05 +1200
committerSimon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>2020-04-29 10:39:09 +0200
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Remove libcap support
This is simply a false sense of security, and is worse than just using setuid. CAP_SYS_ADMIN is an extremely serious capability that is effectively as powerful as root. It also required users to be in the input group, which allows any process to keylog the entire system.
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@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ Install dependencies:
* pixman
* systemd (optional, for logind support)
* elogind (optional, for logind support on systems without systemd)
-* libcap (optional, for capability support)
If you choose to enable X11 support: