Wireshark · Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 4657] New: Wireshark runs firefox as root

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https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4657

           Summary: Wireshark runs firefox as root
           Product: Wireshark
           Version: 1.2.6
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Fedora
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Major
          Priority: Low
         Component: Wireshark
        AssignedTo: wireshark-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: ethereal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Build Information:
wireshark 1.2.6

Copyright 1998-2010 Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and contributors.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Compiled with GTK+ 2.18.7, with GLib 2.22.4, with libpcap 1.0.0, with libz
1.2.3, without POSIX capabilities, with libpcre 7.8, with SMI 0.4.8, without
c-ares, without ADNS, with Lua 5.1, with GnuTLS 2.8.5, with Gcrypt 1.4.4, with
MIT Kerberos, without GeoIP, with PortAudio V19-devel (built Jul 28 2009),
without AirPcap.

Running on Linux 2.6.32.10-90.fc12.x86_64, with libpcap version 1.0.0, GnuTLS
2.8.5, Gcrypt 1.4.4.

Built using gcc 4.4.3 20100127 (Red Hat 4.4.3-4).

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When Wireshark is started from a normal user account, but Run as Root, when
help is requested, it starts Firefox as root.

This was not always the case.

wireshark-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1 ran Firefox as a normal user.

To Reproduce:
1. Login as a normal user
2. run Wireshark
3. When the "Authenticating as root" dialog pops up, enter root's password
4. Click on "Website"
5. From a terminal window, run "ps -ef | grep firefox"

Actual Behavior:
firefox runs as root.

Expected Behavior:
firefox runs as normal user.

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