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Httptap: View HTTP/HTTPS requests made by any Linux program

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664 points alexflint | 2 comments | 03 Feb 25 16:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.518s | source
1. fs111 ◴[04 Feb 25 16:13 UTC] No.42934289[source]▶
How can I run this as non-root? This is not obvious to me.
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2. infogulch ◴[04 Feb 25 16:18 UTC] No.42934360[source]▶
Based on how it works it cannot run as non-root even in principle. https://github.com/monasticacademy/httptap?tab=readme-ov-fil...

Correction: the readme claims it will work without requiring root, but it does need to manage network namespaces, which afaik may only be available to root users depending on system configuration.

> To run httptap you do not need to be the root user. ... It makes use of linux-specific system calls -- in particular network namespaces ...