Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] USB documentation missing setup steps for Linux
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From: Peter Wu <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 14:26:28 +0100
Hi Miles,

On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 02:13:46PM -0500, Miles wrote:
> This page is missing some critical details on configuring permissions:
> https://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/USB#Linux
> 
> Some of the missing details are available in another page.
> https://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/CapturePrivileges#Most_UNIXes
> This page should be linked to from the USB page.
> 
> I was specifically missing the "add user to wireshark group" step, which is
> found here:
> https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=blob_plain;f=debian/README.Debian;hb=HEAD

These instructions might not apply to all distros. Fedora for example
seems to require one to add themselves to the "usbmon" group instead of
"wireshark". I have updated the page, feel free to edit it if you feel
it needs more clarification.
-- 
Kind regards,
Peter Wu
https://lekensteyn.nl