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Ashish
Asked: 2016-03-23 04:11:31 +0800 CST

I'm not able to use wireshark "couldn't run /usr/bin/dumpcap in child process" [duplicate]

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This message appears:

No interface can be used for capturing in this system with the current configuration.

(couldn't run /usr/bin/dumpcap in child process: permission denied)

Tell me how to avoid it.

wireshark

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    As @Tim already mentioned - this problem was discussed before already. This post gives the proper solution - just tested it in 14.04 and it is still valid & working

    The following is a 100% quote from here.

    Open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and type the following commands:

    sudo dpkg-reconfigure wireshark-common

    press the right arrow and enter for yes

    sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/dumpcap

    you should now be able to run it without root and you will be able to capture.

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