diff -urN ettercap-0.5.4.orig/configure.in ettercap-0.5.4/configure.in
--- ettercap-0.5.4.orig/configure.in	Sat Jul 21 16:25:35 2001
+++ ettercap-0.5.4/configure.in	Thu Sep  6 16:34:39 2001
@@ -158,21 +158,11 @@
 	dnl ===========================
 	dnl   Check for Socket Packet
 	dnl ===========================
-		id=`id -u`
-		AC_MSG_CHECKING(for correct UID)
-		if test ${id} -gt 0; then
-			AC_MSG_RESULT(${id}. not sufficient)
-			AC_MSG_WARN(***********************************************);
-			AC_MSG_WARN(* This configure must run with UID 0 (root)!! *);
-			AC_MSG_WARN(***********************************************);
-			rm -f *.cache *.log
-			exit;
-		else
-			AC_MSG_RESULT($UID ok root let's go...)
-		fi
 
-		EC_PF_PACKET()
-		EC_SOCK_PACKET()
+dnl		EC_PF_PACKET()
+dnl		EC_SOCK_PACKET()
+		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PF_PACKET,1)
+		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SOCK_PACKET,1)
 
 		if test "$nopf" = 1 && test "$nosock" = 1; then
 			AC_MSG_WARN(*************************************);