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Permissions problem Ubuntu 16.4

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I just installed Wireshark on Ubuntu 16.4 and I getting a permisons error. How can I correct that? I should have checked the box that allowed non-priivileged users to use the app.

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asked 2018-02-19 00:44:55 +0000
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Hi:

I ran the commands below and I am now able to load and examine a previously created tcpdump file but I cannot capture within in the program. The error message I receive when I start the program now is: couldn't run /usr/bin/dumpcap in child process. Permission denied.

Is there another modification required?

Thanks!

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you can change the permissions by doing:

$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure wireshark-common
$ sudo usermod -a -G wireshark $USER`
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answered 2018-02-19 09:58:08 +0000
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updated 2018-02-19 12:36:12 +0000
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