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packet.7: Remove mention of needing UID 0 to create packet socket 

The existing text makes no sense. The check is based
purely on a capability check. (Kernel function
net/packet/af_packet.c::packet_create()

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2015-03-27 12:25:53 +01:00
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@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ then all protocols are received.
All incoming packets of that protocol type will be passed to the packet
socket before they are passed to the protocols implemented in the kernel.
Only processes with effective UID 0 or the
Only processes with the
.B CAP_NET_RAW
capability may open packet sockets.