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]> > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > 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? > > >> -- <>< Scott Vargovich <>< > > >> ------------------------------------------ OpenPGP Key ID: > > >> F8F5DC7E ------------------------------------------ > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > > iEYEARECAAYFAkru+tIACgkQz4LpFfj13H7hwgCghlyLYBAUHBO2lAsRkxqlIEh3 > > SOQAoMM+NGz6FUKU9iD4xEk90xHqQnB0 > > =0Hyz > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
