setcap from not root user

SUSE Product Topics SLE Software Developer Kit (SDK)
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Hi,
i have a problem with setcap.
I need to set some capabilities for a process from a not root user,
like this
“/sbin/setcap all=eip my_process”

I can perform this operation only from root user or using sudo, but i
don’t want this, in Unix i can set capabilities from not super user, but
with SLES 11 no, Someone know a solution at this problem?

Thanks

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I hate to ask “me too” questions but since almost a year has passed with
no answer:
In which package can I find setcap?

Have a look at this nice article about running Wireshark without being
root:
https://blog.wireshark.org/2010/02/running-wireshark-as-you/

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Found it.
/sbin/setcap is in the package libcap-progs and is only available in
SLES. Looks like I need to write a coolsolutions article.

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