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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] No plugins loaded as 'root' user

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:10:00 +0100
Some problem with the latest 1.3.2 branch, plugins work perfectly until
you run it as root. 
Anybody who can tell me what I'm forgetting? Or a how-to install my own
build so every user can use it?


On Mon, 2010-01-18 at 09:53 +0100, luuk wrote:
> I have build the whole 1.2.5 branch with my new plugin and it works
> perfectly when opening a capture-file made with the root user. Now I'm
> trying to do a live capture as the root user (sudo) but I noticed that
> no plugins are loaded. The plugins are loaded fine when I run wireshark
> as the same user that made the build. 
> 
> Do I have to install the plugins or wireshark somewhere so every user
> (including root) can run wireshark? Or do I have to copy the
> plugin-libraries manually to a directory?
> 
> 
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