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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] dumpcap permissions on files created

From: Sake Blok <sake@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:09:57 +0200
On 28 aug 2010, at 04:30, kevin creason wrote:

> My problem is that files are saved as the user (root, wireshark, or me) and 600 permissions no matter what I do with umask, setgid, and setcap. I have not found the solution.
> I really would like to be able to have group permission so that the team can access them without requring dangerous root privilege.
> 
> What's the magic bullet to accomplish this?

The file permissions are hardcoded in the source code. I have added the option '-g' to dumpcap to enable group read access as this can indeed be handy when (automatically) capturing to a ringbuffer.

To be able to use this feature, you will have to use an automated build[1] with a number higher than 33978 (available in a couple of hours) or wait for the next 1.5.x development release.

Cheers,


Sake

[1]  http://www.wireshark.org/download/automated/