Gerald Combs wrote: > That's exactly the problem I'm trying to solve. Ever since the initial > release, the standard practice for capturing on Unix/Linux systems has > included the step "start Wireshark (or Ethereal) as root." Our own > User's Guide tells you to run Wireshark as root. There's a Wireshark > launcher for OS X that fires up X11 and runs Wireshark as root. This > practice is wrong, and it must stop. > > Just to be clear: *This patch does not run Wireshark as root*. Just the > opposite, in fact. If Wireshark catches you running it as root, it > drops privileges *immediately*.
Personally, I'd much prefer a popup that I can dismiss than wireshark meddling with my users/groups and dropping privileges. I very much applaud the general sentiment of not having people running wireshark as root, however. _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
