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authorB. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>2022-03-14 03:35:34 -0400
committerB. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>2022-03-14 03:35:34 -0400
commitdcf623aa4729ab627af346dad3ea4da4307b3866 (patch)
tree86dfa12047c91ab122041e08b9c03443ae682309 /network
parent4da50538a44a136b83fa3997f5366b65c61974af (diff)
network/wireshark: Wrap README at 72 columns.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
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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,