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wireshark package

  1. Bug #513903
  2. Comment #24

Comment 24 for bug 513903

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Balint Reczey (rbalint) wrote :

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 3) answer yes to allow non-root users to do packet captures.

Have you noticed that the question mentions a README.Debian file?:

_Description: Should non-superusers be able to capture packets?
 Dumpcap can be installed in a way that allows members of the "wireshark"
 system group to capture packets. This is recommended over the
 alternative of running Wireshark/Tshark directly as root, because
 less of the code will run with elevated privileges.
 .
 For more detailed information please see
 /usr/share/doc/wireshark-common/README.Debian.
 .
 Enabling this feature may be a security risk, so it is disabled by
 default. If in doubt, it is suggested to leave it disabled.