how to debug application as root in eclipse in Ubuntu?

Question

I\'m programming application using libpcap. when I debug the application in normal mode, pcap cannot get the network device. it seems that I have to debug the application in

Answer 1

Another solution is to grant you (or the gdb executable) the rights to make some pcap captures as mentioned here. With something like this :

setcap cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin=eip /usr/bin/gdb

you should be able to allow to capture packets to gdb without being root.

Answer 2

this question was asked a long time ago but if this will help to anybody I open a bug in bugzilla and this short thread solved the problem: bugzilla bug