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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 7877] New: Illegal character is used in temporary capture

Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 02:37:37 -0700 (PDT)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7877

           Summary: Illegal character is used in temporary capture file
                    name
           Product: Wireshark
           Version: 1.8.3
          Platform: x86-64
        OS/Version: Windows 7
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Low
         Component: Wireshark
        AssignedTo: bugzilla-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: mika.hiltunen@xxxxxxxx


Build Information:
Version 1.8.3 (SVN Rev 45256 from /trunk-1.8)

Copyright 1998-2012 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 (64-bit) with GTK+ 2.24.10, with Cairo 1.10.2, with Pango 1.30.0, with
GLib 2.32.2, with WinPcap (4_1_2), with libz 1.2.5, without POSIX capabilities,
with SMI 0.4.8, with c-ares 1.7.1, with Lua 5.1, without Python, with GnuTLS
2.12.18, with Gcrypt 1.4.6, without Kerberos, with GeoIP, with PortAudio
V19-devel (built Oct  2 2012), with AirPcap.

Running on 64-bit Windows 7, build 7600, with WinPcap version 4.1.2 (packet.dll
version 4.1.0.2001), based on libpcap version 1.0 branch 1_0_rel0b (20091008),
GnuTLS 2.12.18, Gcrypt 1.4.6, without AirPcap.

Built using Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0 build 40219

Wireshark is Open Source Software released under the GNU General Public
License.

Check the man page and http://www.wireshark.org for more information.
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I try to use remote capturing for an interface named like
"rpcap://[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:2002/port0:0". I don't explicitly specify a "Capture
File" in "Capture Options" dialog so Wireshark is supposed to use a temporary
capture file. Start of capturing fails and Wireshark throws an error message:
'The file "wireshark_port0:0_20121017142952_a93056" doesn't exist."'.

After this capturing of all other interfaces fail as well, Wireshark throwing
an error message 'Couldn't create signal pipe: All pipe instances are busy.
(231)'. Wireshark restart is needed to get it working again. 

I found that Wireshark creates temporary capture files to
C:\Users\mikhil1\AppData\Local\Temp. There I can see a file named
"wireshark_port0" whose name seems to be cut away starting from the colon ":"
character.

Remote capturing to temporary files works with interfaces without colon
character. Also, if I specify myself the capture filename it works with port0:0
interface.

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