

Also I have installation of Wireshark-2.2.6 it finds all interfaces.

> I had compiled wireshark-2.6.3 (I am trying to develop a plugin) and after start I see Wireshark window with message "No Interfaces found". Little more context, especially Operating System of the platform you’re building / testing on? Ответить: Developer support list for Wireshark Кому: Developer support list for Wireshark OS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on laptop Lenovo B590 Intel Core I3-2348M Log out ALL interfaces for the user (including ssh which was my biggest mistake) and log in again.Вс, 7 окт. Limiting capture permission to only one groupĪfter having set dumpcap's network privileges:Ĭreate user "wireshark" in group "wireshark".Įnsure Wireshark works only from root and from a user in the "wireshark" group ( I DID THIS STEP ONLY IN THE END - NOT OVER YET)Īnd finally, two more steps: sudo dpkg-reconfigure wireshark-common (NOTE: Replace /usr/bin with /usr/sbin in this command and the next command in case you receive an error that indicates that dumpcap isn't in /usr/sbin)

In this case, you will need to make dumpcap set-UID to root. Setting network privileges for dumpcap if your kernel and file system don't support file capabilities

Setting network privileges for dumpcap if your kernel and file system support file capabilitiesĮnsure that you have installed the necessary tools, such as the setcap command. I followed those instructions (with adaptations): They RECOMMEND restrict dumpcap execution to a specific group or user. I followed the instructions from wireshark page about about capture privileges: It can be a temporary solution, but not desired as permanent solution. That will allow packet capture for ALL USERS on the system. The above command really works, but I would like to add a security WARNING. The proposed solution is: sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/dumpcap Which is marked as duplicate and brought me here. I'm not able to use wireshark "couldn't run /usr/bin/dumpcap in child process" Googled “couldn't run /usr/bin/dumpcap in child process” and found this question:
