can't launch Ethereal as root
kidgoo
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Fri Aug 19 18:57:10 UTC 2005
Sorry...I should have been more clear. I'm running breezy. I am
running through sudo...not an actual root account.
>From the command line.
$ sudo ethereal
Could not set capabilities: Operation not permitted
Running from gnome with gksudo reports.
Failed to run ethereal as user root:
Child terminated with 1 status
Probably the same error as above, just not displayed.
Running from gnome with gksu -u root wouldn't work in my setup, of
course...
Jack Jackson Wrote:
> 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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