Technically any person with access to a computer logged in with a wireshark account will be able to sniff. This is obviously more secure than just letting anybody sniff but does mean there's no password checking. Anybody in that group will be able to sniff without being root. That's what we're aiming for, so select Yes and hit return. This will ask you if you want to allow non-root user to be able to sniff. In a terminal (very important that you're in a terminal, not just the Alt+F2 dialogue) run this: sudo dpkg-reconfigure wireshark-common The bit that normally needs root is the packet collection application and this can be configured to allow certain people to use it without sudo, gksu, etc. To do this, click View > Name Resolution and select “Resolve Network Addresses.For WireShark there's a better way.

The details of the highlighted packet are displayed in the two lower panes in the Wireshark interface.Ī simple way to make reading the trace easier is to have Wireshark provide meaningful names for the source and destination IP addresses of the packets. The packets are presented in time order, and color coded according to the protocol of the packet. If Wireshark isn’t capturing packets, this icon will be gray.Ĭlicking the red square icon will stop the data capture so you can analyze the packets captured in the trace.

This gives you the opportunity to save or discard the captured packets, and restart the trace.

Shark fin with circular arrow: If this is green, clicking it will stop the currently running trace.

If Wireshark isn’t capturing packets, this icon will be gray.

Square: If this is red, clicking it will stop a running packet capture.

Shark fin: If this is blue, clicking it will start a packet capture. If Wireshark is capturing packets, this icon will be gray.

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