ettercap-pkexec(8)

1ETTERCAP(8)                 System Manager's Manual                ETTERCAP(8)
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NAME

6       ettercap-pkexec - graphical pkexec-based launcher for ettercap
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8       This  launcher  depends on policykit-1 and the menu packages, and basi‐
9       cally wraps the ettercap binary command
10       with    a    pkexec    action     script     usually     defined     on
11       /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.pkexec.ettercap.policy,
12       allowing  users  to  directly  call  ettercap  from the desktop or menu
13       launcher with root privileges.
14       The commands available are exactly the same as the ettercap man page.
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16       Please refer to man ettercap for the list of available parameters.
17       (don't forget to change "ettercap" to "ettercap-pkexec" as caller  pro‐
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22       ettercap-pkexec  -G  will  start  ettercap with root privileges and the
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AUTHOR

27       This code was originally taken from arch distro, and refactored to work
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29       Gianfranco Costamagna (LocutusOfBorg) <costamagnagianfranco@yahoo.it>
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ORIGINAL AUTHORS

33       Alberto Ornaghi (ALoR) <alor@users.sf.net>
34       Marco Valleri (NaGA) <naga@antifork.org>
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PROJECT STEWARDS

37       Emilio Escobar (exfil)  <eescobar@gmail.com>
38       Eric Milam (Brav0Hax)  <jbrav.hax@gmail.com>
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OFFICIAL DEVELOPERS

41       Mike Ryan (justfalter)  <falter@gmail.com>
42       Gianfranco Costamagna (LocutusOfBorg)  <costamagnagianfranco@yahoo.it>
43       Antonio Collarino (sniper)  <anto.collarino@gmail.com>
44       Ryan Linn   <sussuro@happypacket.net>
45       Jacob Baines   <baines.jacob@gmail.com>
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CONTRIBUTORS

48       Dhiru Kholia (kholia)  <dhiru@openwall.com>
49       Alexander Koeppe (koeppea)  <format_c@online.de>
50       Martin Bos (PureHate)  <purehate@backtrack.com>
51       Enrique Sanchez
52       Gisle Vanem  <giva@bgnett.no>
53       Johannes Bauer  <JohannesBauer@gmx.de>
54       Daten (Bryan Schneiders)  <daten@dnetc.org>
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AVAILABILITY

63       https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/downloads
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GIT

67       git clone git://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap.git
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69       git clone https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap.git
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BUGS

73       Our software never has bugs.
74       It just develops random features.   ;)
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76       KNOWN-BUGS
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78       - ettercap doesn't handle fragmented packets... only the first  segment
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82       + please send bug-report, patches or suggestions to <ettercap-betatest‐
83       ing@lists.sourceforge.net>  or visit https://github.com/Ettercap/etter‐
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PHILOLOGICAL HISTORY

91       "Even if blessed  with  a  feeble  intelligence,  they  are  cruel  and
92       smart..."   this  is  the description of Ettercap, a monster of the RPG
93       Advanced Dungeons & Dragon.
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95       The name "ettercap" was chosen because it has an assonance with "ether‐
96       cap"  which  means "ethernet capture" (what ettercap actually does) and
97       also because such monsters have a powerful poison... and you know,  arp
98       poisoning... ;)
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The Lord Of The (Token)Ring

103       (the fellowship of the packet)
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105       "One Ring to link them all, One Ring to ping them,
106        one Ring to bring them all and in the darkness sniff them."
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Last words

111       "Programming  today  is  a  race between software engineers striving to
112       build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the  Universe  trying
113       to  produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning."
114       - Rich Cook
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