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The way how Wireshark is started changes in Fedora 15 and it's worth mentioning in release notes so users are not confused. I hope this is the right place to request such note. Feel free to edit the text as appropriate, I am not native English speaker. And also ask me if something is not clear. Proposed release notes content: Wireshark in Fedora 15 uses Linux capabilities instead of console helper. As result, the Wireshark users are no longer required to enter the root password. To grant an users permission to capture network traffic using wireshark or tshark, system administrator should add the user to 'wireshark' group. The wireshark or tshark application then runs as ordinary user, only the capturing backend runs with permission to sniff on the network.
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Draft Technical Notes created by Turkinator...... Wireshark in Fedora 15 uses Linux capabilities instead of the console helper. As a result, wireshark users are no longer required to enter the root password. To be able to capture network traffic using wireshark or tshark, a user must be added to the 'wireshark' group by the system administrator. The wireshark or tshark application then runs as an ordinary user, and only the capturing backend runs with permission to sniff on the network.
fedora-release-notes-15.0.0