--- /dev/null
+Patch by Robert Scheck <robert@fedoraproject.org> for libnet >= 1.1.4, which backports
+capability support instead of explicitly checking for UID 0. Further information can be
+found at the following links:
+
+ - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=589770
+ - http://github.com/sam-github/libnet/commit/671742244c20804c9e935326e3649dac3382f17a
+
+--- libnet-1.1.4/src/libnet_init.c 2009-06-05 02:31:44.000000000 +0200
++++ libnet-1.1.4/src/libnet_init.c.capability 2010-07-09 22:57:10.000000000 +0200
+@@ -44,14 +44,7 @@
+ {
+ libnet_t *l = NULL;
+
+-#if !defined(__WIN32__)
+- if (getuid() && geteuid())
+- {
+- snprintf(err_buf, LIBNET_ERRBUF_SIZE,
+- "%s(): UID or EUID of 0 required\n", __func__);
+- goto bad;
+- }
+-#else
++#if defined(__WIN32__)
+ WSADATA wsaData;
+
+ if ((WSAStartup(0x0202, &wsaData)) != 0)
+--- libnet-1.1.4/src/libnet_link_linux.c 2009-06-05 02:31:44.000000000 +0200
++++ libnet-1.1.4/src/libnet_link_linux.c.capability 2010-07-09 22:58:33.000000000 +0200
+@@ -90,8 +90,15 @@
+
+ if (ioctl(l->fd, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) < 0 )
+ {
+- snprintf(l->err_buf, LIBNET_ERRBUF_SIZE,
+- "SIOCGIFHWADDR: %s", strerror(errno));
++ if (errno == EPERM) {
++ snprintf(l->err_buf, LIBNET_ERRBUF_SIZE,
++ "%s(): UID/EUID 0 or capability CAP_NET_RAW required",
++ __func__);
++
++ } else {
++ snprintf(l->err_buf, LIBNET_ERRBUF_SIZE,
++ "socket: %s", strerror(errno));
++ }
+ goto bad;
+ }
+