Can you please give the properties of the Wireshark(root) launcher?
Maybe via alacarte?
Thank you.
On 02/11/2009, 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?
>> >> -- <>< Scott Vargovich <><
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