The more i read about this, the less i like (or understand) the
wireshark implementation/integration in Ubuntu. If you are only using
wireshark for analyzing capture files, then fine. But if you are
actually using these tools for capturing packets, then Ubuntu will not
make your life easier.
No su
Please see README.Debian on your system [2] or at the package repository
[1].
The dropping of privileges is intentional and users are encouraged to use the
Linux Capabilities system
for capturing.
References:
[1]
http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/collab-maint/ext-maint/wireshark/trunk/debian/REA
Thanks for your explanation on this issue, it certainly seems to be "by
design" but maybe i will contact the upstream people as you suggest.
Other unixes do not seem to share this "sudo wireshark" bug/feature so
it would be nice if Linux played along too.
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Did some reading, it looks like this isn't actually a bug, but more of a
'feature'.
Dumpcap needs root to be able to access the raw network interface, but
the majority of the processing etc. that it does can be done without
root. When it runs, it opens the interface using its root powers, then
exp
apport information
** Tags added: apport-collected natty
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: wireshark-common
dumpcap from wireshark-common (wireshark 1.07 release) will not write
its output to ~/ (with sudo).
$ sudo dumpcap -i eth0 -w ~/test.cap
The file to which the ca
Yes the problem still exists in 11.04:
$ sudo dumpcap -i eth0 -w ~/test.cap
[sudo] password for sune:
The file to which the capture would be saved ("/home/sune/test.cap") could not
be opened: Permission denied.
What DOES work, however, is this:
$ touch ~/test.cap
$ sudo chown root:root ~/test
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I am experiencing this problem running Ubuntu v10.10 32-bit and Dumpcap
v1.2.11. I used the standards Ubuntu package install.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389467
Title:
sudo dumpca
This issue still exists in Karmic Koala packages (wireshark/dumpcap
1.2.1)
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sudo dumpcap will not write output files to ~/
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389467
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** Description changed:
Binary package hint: wireshark-common
dumpcap from wireshark-common (wireshark 1.07 release) will not write
its output to ~/ (with sudo).
- $ sudo dumpcap -i eth0 -w ~/test1.cap
+ $ sudo dumpcap -i eth0 -w ~/test.cap
The file to which the capture would be save
It may (or may not) be related to this 'tshark' bug reported (and
apparently fixed) in wireshark 0.99 some years ago;
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=453292
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #453292
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=453292
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