On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Rainer Müller <[email protected]> wrote:
> In order to capture packets, wireshark needs read/write access to the > /dev/bpf* device files. You can transfer ownership to a group you are in > and grant that group permission. > > sudo chgrp staff /dev/bpf* > sudo chmod g+rw /dev/bpf* Thanks. Does it need write access? I added a wireshark group and added myself to it. I changed the group on those devices and added group read permissions. I did not give it group write permission because I don't think it needs to write to those devices. It seems to work. ...Stephen
