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authorrbalint <rbalint@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7>2011-05-08 21:55:11 +0000
committerrbalint <rbalint@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7>2011-05-08 21:55:11 +0000
commit483d26d734da16e90708edc87261895983cdd6e3 (patch)
treedc81b628a4c2509cf16f4eeddf931b1733f990b3 /docbook
parent76c128fe5571f9cd0ac09cc73613af70b3cca9e1 (diff)
Note that README.Debian contains the procedure of setting up capture
rights for regular users on Debian systems. git-svn-id: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk@37021 f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7
Diffstat (limited to 'docbook')
-rw-r--r--docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_build_install.xml12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_build_install.xml b/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_build_install.xml
index 5af592f524..ac0250f6e6 100644
--- a/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_build_install.xml
+++ b/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_build_install.xml
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ rpm -ivh libpcap-0.4-19.i386.rpm
handle any dependency issues for you. <xref linkend="Ch02Ex5"/> shows
how to do this.
<example id="Ch02Ex5">
- <title>Installing debs under Debian</title>
+ <title>Installing debs under Debian, Ubuntu and other Debian derivatives</title>
<programlisting>
aptitude install wireshark-dev
</programlisting>
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ rpm -ivh wireshark-&WiresharkCurrentVersion;.i386.rpm
</section>
<section>
- <title>Installing from deb's under Debian</title>
+ <title>Installing from deb's under Debian, Ubuntu and other Debian derivatives</title>
<para>
If you can just install from the repository then use:
<programlisting>
@@ -375,6 +375,14 @@ dpkg -i wireshark-common_&WiresharkCurrentVersion;.0-1_i386.deb wireshark_&Wires
</programlisting>
dpkg doesn't take care of all dependencies, but reports what's missing.
</para>
+ <note><title>Note!</title>
+ <para>
+ By installing Wireshark packages non-root users won't gain rights
+ automatically to capture packets. To allow non-root users to capture
+ packets follow the procedure described in
+ <ulink url="file:///usr/share/doc/wireshark-common/README.Debian">/usr/share/doc/wireshark-common/README.Debian</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </note>
</section>
<section>