I just reread the README.debian file and didn't find it particularly non-obvious. The very first thing it does is say that there are two ways of getting permissions to capture packets. It then lists those two ways (explicitly mentioning which is default) and says that to switch between them you have to run the dpkg-reconfigure command.
I admit it could probably be more friendly, but I don't think it's exactly obtuse in its current form. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/513903 Title: wireshark must be run as root unless wireshark-common is reconfigured To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wireshark/+bug/513903/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
