That was the ticket, thanx a whole lot!!
On Nov 3, 7:19 am, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]> wrote:
> You can always make your own menu launcher. The command to use is "gksudo
> wireshark". Try it from command-line first.
>
> Jeremiah E. Bess
> Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four
>
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 17:38, JazzyJeff <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Well then what the heck am I doing wrong? All I see in the startup
> > menu is the normal, albeit neutered, launcher.
>
> > On Nov 2, 11:18 am, Roy <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > My installation of Wireshark on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic 64-bit gives me two
> > menu
> > > options Wireshark and Wireshark (root).
>
> > > Roy
>
> > > 2009/11/2 Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>
>
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> > > > I understand that. I've used Ubuntu before, but it should prompt you
> > > > for your user password just like any of the programs in System ->
> > > > Administration does. Try one of the other programs like System ->
> > > > Administration -> Login Window. If that doesn't prompt you for a
> > > > password, then the issue isn't with wireshark. I would guess the
> > > > problem is with your sudo configuration. Can you get a root prompt
> > > > from typing 'sudo su' in Gnome Terminal? If it errors out, post the
> > > > error.
>
> > > > JazzyJeff wrote:
> > > > > First of all, no it didn't. Second of all, Ubuntu doesn't seem to
> > > > > let you log in as root. The password you set during the
> > > > > installation appears to be a user AND root password. It's been like
> > > > > that for years. :(
>
> > > > > On Nov 2, 6:18 am, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > >> Did it prompt you for a password when you opened wireshark (as
> > > > >> root)? That's what it does when I open it as root in Debian. I
> > > > >> believe that would be standard actions among all distros.
> > > > >> Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> > > > >> HTH, Scott
>
> > > > >> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 11:02 PM, JazzyJeff <[email protected]>
> > > > >> wrote:
>
> > > > >>> Just got Ubuntu 9.10 installed this weekend and just a few
> > > > >>> hours ago I decided to install Wireshark 1.2.2. For some odd
> > > > >>> reason I didn't get an (as root) launch option when I brought
> > > > >>> up the start-up menu but I did get the regular launcher which
> > > > >>> doesn't give me any capture permissions. I looked everywhere in
> > > > >>> there for it. Is Wireshark 1.2.2 somehow incompatible with
> > > > >>> Ubuntu 9.10?
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