Wireshark

[nerdyme]

Using wireshark directly as root my be dangerous...:arrow:

You can make the use of group management and user management in linux.
Create a group say "Packet".

groupadd Packet

Then add yourself to the group.

usermod -a -G Packet <username>

Now change the Group of file /usr/bin/dumpcap //responsible to read the interfaces

chgrp Packet /usr/bin/wireshark

Change the permissions of that file so that only the group members can view and read it.

chmod 750 /usr/bin/dumpcap

I think it will work. For any doubt, do post here.

[Slim Odds]

Using wireshark directly as root my be dangerous...:arrow:

You can make the use of group management and user management in linux.
Create a group say "Packet".

groupadd Packet

Then add yourself to the group.

usermod -a -G Packet <username>

Now change the Group of file /usr/bin/dumpcap //responsible to read the interfaces

chgrp Packet /usr/bin/wireshark

Change the permissions of that file so that only the group members can view and read it.

chmod 750 /usr/bin/dumpcap

I think it will work. For any doubt, do post here.
This will NOT make wireshark RUN as root and therefore will not work for the purpose stated in this thread.

[nerdyme]

This will NOT make wireshark RUN as root and therefore will not work for the purpose stated in this thread.

Actually I had done this way and it worked. It will show up all interfaces and packets will be captured. What else we need?

[nerdyme]

or press ALT+F2 and type:

gksudo wireshark

-Pat

Can't I change the permission of /usr/bin/dumpcap instead of running it as root.

[wildmanne39]

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