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Update device_tracker.bluetooth_le_tracker.markdown (#7174)

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hcitool generates permission denied unless you perform a similar setcap option as you need to with python3
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kevjs1982 2018-10-28 11:15:22 +00:00 committed by Fabian Affolter
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## {% linkable_title Rootless Setup %}
Normally accessing the Bluetooth stack is reserved for root, but running programs that are networked as root is a bad security wise. To allow non-root access to the Bluetooth stack we can give Python 3 the missing capabilities to access the Bluetooth stack. Quite like setting the setuid bit (see [Stack Exchange](http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/96106/bluetooth-le-scan-as-non-root) for more information).
Normally accessing the Bluetooth stack is reserved for root, but running programs that are networked as root is a bad security wise. To allow non-root access to the Bluetooth stack we can give Python 3 and hcitool the missing capabilities to access the Bluetooth stack. Quite like setting the setuid bit (see [Stack Exchange](http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/96106/bluetooth-le-scan-as-non-root) for more information).
```bash
$ sudo apt-get install libcap2-bin
$ sudo setcap 'cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin+eip' `readlink -f \`which python3\``
$ sudo setcap 'cap_net_raw+ep' `readlink -f \`which hcitool\``
```
A restart of Home Assistant is required.