From d1e2f8a3e5e64448a5fad5e408ba0df3b2391415 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lucas Vivo <lucas@mediahost>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:42:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] assign raw socket access to etherwake

---
 network/wol.sh | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/network/wol.sh b/network/wol.sh
index d60ac0b..9d7e13c 100755
--- a/network/wol.sh
+++ b/network/wol.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ else
 	printf "Nonsense Input, hostname needed\n"
 	exit 0
 fi
+
+if [[ "$(getcap /usr/sbin/etherwake)" != "/usr/sbin/etherwake cap_net_raw=ep" ]]; then
+    echo "Assign raw socket access to etherwake"
+    sudo setcap cap_net_raw+ep /usr/sbin/etherwake
+fi
 mapfile -t ifx < <(
 ip -o link show |
 awk -F': ' '{print $2}' |
@@ -19,7 +24,7 @@ grep -E '^(eth[0-9]+|en[a-z0-9]+|wlan[0-9]+|wl[a-z0-9]+)$'
 )
 echo ${ifx[@]}
 for i in ${!ifx[@]}; do
-	sudo /usr/sbin/etherwake -b -i ${ifx[$i]} $mac
+	/usr/sbin/etherwake -b -i ${ifx[$i]} $mac
 	printf "%shost succsefully woken via ${ifx[$i]}: ${mac}\n" "$device"
 done
 if [ "$(echo $SSH_CONNECTION | cut -f1 -d' ')" == "10.0.0.26" ]; then