Wireshark-gnome not working on F16

[Ed Greshko]

On 12/06/2011 07:07 AM, Aaron Gray wrote:
> Am getting the following :-
>
> Couldn't run /usr/sbin/dumpcap in child process: Permission denied
> Are you a member of the 'wireshark' group? Try running
> 'usermod -a -G wireshark _your_username_' as root.
>
>

So, what is stopping you from doing as suggested?  The command will add
your username to the wireshark group and then things will be fine.... 

FWIW, you may have to logout/login for the group addition to take effect....


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