Bug 204565

Summary: Wireshark missing symlink in default install
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Reporter: Gordon Ewasiuk <gewasiuk>
Component: wiresharkAssignee: Radek Vokál <rvokal>
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Fixed In Version: RHSA-2006-0658 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Gordon Ewasiuk 2006-08-30 00:57:09 UTC 
Description of problem:

The default installation of Wireshark looks for dumpcap in /usr/bin.  There is
no dumpcap in /usr/bin.  It is found in /usr/sbin.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

wireshark-gnome-0.99.2-EL4.1
wireshark-0.99.2-EL4.1

How reproducible:

100%.  Removal and reinstallation of wireshark produce the same error condition.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install RHEL4 WS and wireshark/wireshark-gnome
2. Start wireshark.
3. Attempt to capture packets on any non-loopback network interface.

Actual results:

Popup window:  Child capture process exited:  exit status 2
Popup window:  Couldn't run /usr/bin/dumpcap in child process:  No such file or
directory.

Expected results:

Packet capture starts without error.

Additional info:

The fix:
# ln -s /usr/sbin/dumpcap /usr/bin/dumpcap

[root@neptune ~]# uname -a
Linux neptune.domain 2.6.9-42.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jul 12 23:27:17 EDT 2006 i686
i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@neptune ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4 (Nahant Update 4)
Comment 1 Radek Vokál 2006-09-13 06:24:33 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0658.html