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Wireshark is a program for capturing and analyzing network traffic.

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer for Unix and Windows.

Wireshark is a network packet analyzer, known previously as Ethereal. It lets you examine the network traffic flowing into and out of your Windows or Unix machine. Network professionals use Wireshark to troubleshoot networking problems, but it is also an excellent way to learn exactly how the network protocols work.

Source: Wireshark Quick-Start Guide

Homepage: http://www.wireshark.org/

Ubuntu package: wireshark Install wireshark

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How can I capture network traffic of a single process?

I would like to examine the network traffic being handled by a single process, but simple network captures won't work since I am dealing with such a busy system (lots of other traffic happening at the same time). Is there a way to isolate a tcpdump…
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How do I run wireshark, with root-privileges?

A standard installation of Wireshark doesn't give the program permission to access the network interface. I suppose I have to run the program with sudo, but do not know how to add it to the icon - if that's the way to do it.
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How to install Wireshark

I am new to Linux and have a need to install Wireshark 2.0.0 on VirtualBox's Xubuntu 14.04. I have already downloaded .tar.gz package and extracted it. Then I opened terminal in the wireshark folder and type /.configure with intention to follow it…
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How to enable Wireshark without running as root in Trusty 14.04

I installed Wireshark. Running as root is not recommended, so I Did sudo dpkg-reconfigure wireshark-common According…
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I'm not able to use wireshark "couldn't run /usr/bin/dumpcap in child process"

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.
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There are no interfaces on which a capture can be done

I'm using Ubuntu 13.04. Wireshark won't show me any logs, won't function at all. I'm connected to my WiFi, Belkin router.
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Setting up wireshark for non root user

I am setting up wireshark to run as non root user, a la here, that is: sudo apt-get install wireshark sudo dpkg-reconfigure wireshark-common sudo usermod -a -G wireshark $USER (restart) This is all great. But when I try to start wireshark as the…
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running wireshark "Lua: Error during loading"

By running wireshark in 14.04 I got this error What should I do to solve this? Lua: Error during loading: [string "/usr/share/wireshark/init.lua"]:46: dofile has been disabled due to running Wireshark as superuser. See…
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How to install driver for TP-Link TL-WN722N on Ubuntu 14.04?

Hi I am new to Ubuntu and Linux. As I am developing a WiFi product, I want to capture the WiFi traffic wirelessly with Wireshark. Having some searching in the web, I know that I can do that with a USB WiFi adapter and Ubuntu. Then I can run the…
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How to run Wireshark on Ubuntu 17.10

I used to run wireshark on ubuntu 17.04 with ~/$ sudo wireshark but now (just after update to 17.10) when I write the same I get an error ~/$ sudo wireshark QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root' Invalid…
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How to remove Wireshark from my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?

I installed an application called Wireshark, using: sudo apt-get install wireshark I searched it and launched it. Then, I tried to uninstall it using GUI. But it is not removing. I tried using: sudo apt-get remove wireshark And the weird thing is…
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How to install Wireshark on my Dell with Ubuntu 14.04

Can anybody help me installing WireShark? My Computer: Core i5 Intel Inspiron 15 5558 DELL 8GB RAM 1TB HDD. UBUNTU 14.04
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Install Wireshark without confirm

When I tried to install Wireshark automatically with : sudo apt-get install -y wireshark Ubuntu gave me that image: How can I install wireshark from terminal without press "YES" ?why does -y didn't skip on that screen?
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Wireshark is not able to capture on any of the interfaces

I just switched to Ubuntu from openSuse where I used wireshark with no problem. Now I receive the error that "You don't have permission to capture on that device" referring to my 802.11 wifi. I have root privileges but not running as root. I…
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What is the difference between `groups $USER`and `groups` in a terminal?

When I run the the following command in a terminal I get different output. I try to find out if I am a member of the Wireshark group. groups $USER Does list wireshark groups Does not list wireshark So do I belong to the Wireshark group or not?
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