can't launch Ethereal as root

Jack Jackson jackson.linux at gmail.com
Thu Aug 18 20:38:06 UTC 2005


Has alt+F2 and then

gksu -u root /usr/bin/ethereal

not worked for you? Is root actually enabled on your setup, that is, 
have you set a specific root password?



kidgoo wrote:
> I am having a similar yet probably unrelated problem.  If I try to run
> ethereal as root, I get simply: Could not set capabilities: Operation
> not permitted.
> 
> 
> 
> I can run it as a user, but that does no good to look at live
> traffic..
> 
> 
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> 




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