Execute with not a super-user ------------------------------------------------- You can execute tcconfig commands with no super-user by using Linux capabilities. Setup Linux capabilities as follows: .. code-block:: sh # the following execution binary paths may be different for each environment: TC_BIN_PATH=/sbin/tc IP_BIN_PATH=/bin/ip IPTABLES_BIN_PATH=/sbin/xtables-multi sudo setcap cap_net_admin+ep $TC_BIN_PATH # mandatory sudo setcap cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin+ep $IP_BIN_PATH # optional: required to use --direction incoming option sudo setcap cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin+ep $IPTABLES_BIN_PATH # optional: required to use --iptables option .. seealso:: `capabilities(7) - Linux manual page `__