http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16768
--- Comment #3 from Austin English austinenglish@gmail.com 2009-01-05 15:12:45 --- (In reply to comment #2)
(In reply to comment #1)
Yep, that's a bug. The difficulty is that sending ARP requests (and getting their replies) requires root privilege in Linux, which is something we rather discourage with Wine.
I understand that, but shouldn't it be implemented so users can choose for themselves whether to use it (as root) or not?
That's what Juan's saying. It's technically a bug, and should be implemented. The problem is, if/when it's implemented, using it opens up a bunch of other issues, but that's not a wine problem, per se. And if using fine grained permissions, can be controlled/contained to an extent.