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author | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-14 03:35:34 -0400 |
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committer | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-14 03:35:34 -0400 |
commit | dcf623aa4729ab627af346dad3ea4da4307b3866 (patch) | |
tree | 86dfa12047c91ab122041e08b9c03443ae682309 /network | |
parent | 4da50538a44a136b83fa3997f5366b65c61974af (diff) |
network/wireshark: Wrap README at 72 columns.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'network')
-rw-r--r-- | network/wireshark/README | 52 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/network/wireshark/README b/network/wireshark/README index b502d7cff19c0..85be7d7602298 100644 --- a/network/wireshark/README +++ b/network/wireshark/README @@ -1,29 +1,33 @@ -Wireshark (aka Ethereal) is a free packet sniffer computer application. It -is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications -protocol development, and education. In June 2006, the project was renamed -from Ethereal due to trademark issues. - -The functionality Wireshark provides is very similar to tcpdump, but it has -a graphical front-end and many more information sorting and filtering -options. It allows the user to see all traffic being passed over the network -(usually an Ethernet network but support is being added for others) by -putting the network interface into promiscuous mode. - -Wireshark uses the cross-platform Qt5 widget toolkit. Its powerful features -make it the tool of choice for network troubleshooting, protocol development, -and education worldwide. - -If you use a filesystem that supports posix capabilities, an easy way to -start wireshark as a normal user, while still providing it with all of the -access permissions it requires, is by issuing the following command: +Wireshark (aka Ethereal) is a free packet sniffer computer +application. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, +software and communications protocol development, and education. +In June 2006, the project was renamed from Ethereal due to trademark +issues. + +The functionality Wireshark provides is very similar to tcpdump, but +it has a graphical front-end and many more information sorting and +filtering options. It allows the user to see all traffic being passed +over the network (usually an Ethernet network but support is being +added for others) by putting the network interface into promiscuous +mode. + +Wireshark uses the cross-platform Qt5 widget toolkit. Its powerful +features make it the tool of choice for network troubleshooting, +protocol development, and education worldwide. + +If you use a filesystem that supports posix capabilities, an easy way +to start wireshark as a normal user, while still providing it with +all of the access permissions it requires, is by issuing the following +command: $ setcap cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin=eip /usr/bin/dumpcap -One may also test if things are ok running this command as a normal user: +One may also test if things are ok running this command as a normal +user: $ dumpcap -L -You may also create a special group (wireshark) and include users allowed -to monitor networks in that group: +You may also create a special group (wireshark) and include users +allowed to monitor networks in that group: # groupadd wireshark # usermod -a -G wireshark <user> @@ -32,8 +36,8 @@ to monitor networks in that group: # setcap cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin=eip /usr/bin/dumpcap $ newgrp wireshark -Other users not in the group wireshark can still open files with previously -saved monitorings and inspect them. +Other users not in the group wireshark can still open files with +previously saved monitorings and inspect them. You will need to remove any already-installed wireshark package before building this one or else the new one will not work (the new build will @@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ Optional dependencies: - libminizip - libilbc -NOTE: Wireshark 3.0 no longer support legacy GTK+ UI. +NOTE: Wireshark 3.0 no longer supportx legacy GTK+ UI. NOTE: Although lua is listed as a requirement, it's possible to build using lua52. This may be needed for some third-party Lua plugins (but, |