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add information about linux capabilities

Ainar Garipov 2020-10-29 17:37:07 +03:00
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Getting-Started.md

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5. Choose ’Use the following DNS server addresses’ and enter your AdGuard Home address there. 5. Choose ’Use the following DNS server addresses’ and enter your AdGuard Home address there.
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## Running without superuser (linux only) ## Running without superuser (Linux only)
You can run AdGuard Home without superuser privileges, but you need to either grant the binary a capability (on Linux) or instruct it to use a different port (all platforms). You can run AdGuard Home without superuser privileges, but you need to either grant the binary a capability (on Linux) or instruct it to use a different port (all platforms).
#### Granting the CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE capability (on Linux) #### Granting the necessary capabilities
Note: using this method requires the `setcap` utility. You may need to install it using your Linux distribution's package manager. Using this method requires the `setcap` utility. You may need to install it
using your Linux distribution's package manager.
To allow AdGuard Home running on Linux to listen on port 53 without superuser privileges, run: To allow AdGuard Home running on Linux to listen on port 53 without superuser
privileges, as well as bind to a particular interface run:
```bash ```bash
sudo setcap CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE=+eip ./AdGuardHome sudo setcap 'CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE=+eip CAP_NET_RAW=+eip' ./AdGuardHome
``` ```
Then run `./AdGuardHome` as a unprivileged user. Then run `./AdGuardHome` as a unprivileged user.