Wireshark: Re: DUMPCAP -g (Set ring buffer file group permissions)

[John Powell <jrp999 () gmail com>]

Hi Jeff,

After you said that I did DUMPCAP -h and behold there it was!!

Thanks so much for all of the work you do on this project!!

-John

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws () gmail com>wrote:

> John Powell wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need to set the group permissions for files created by DumpCap.
> >
> > In this post I see the option " -g " is supposed to exist (
> > http://www.engardelinux.org/**modules/index/list_archives.**
> > cgi?list=wireshark-users&page=**0016.html&month=2010-09<http://www.engardelinux.org/modules/index/list_archives.cgi?list=wireshark-users&page=0016.html&month=2010-09><
> > http://www.engardelinux.org/**modules/index/list_archives.**
> > cgi?list=wireshark-users&page=**0016.html&month=2010-09<http://www.engardelinux.org/modules/index/list_archives.cgi?list=wireshark-users&page=0016.html&month=2010-09>
> > > )
> > /> > 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 /
> >
> >
> > Can someone please point me to how I can get a version that to have
> > access to this option?
> You'd need Wireshark 1.6.0 or later.  The current version (1.8.4) would be
> your best bet.
>
> BTW I noticed that this option is not listed in dumpcap's man page; I'll
> correct that shortly.
> ______________________________**______________________________**
> _______________
> Sent via:    Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev () wireshark org>
> Archives:    http://www.wireshark.org/**lists/wireshark-dev<http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev>
> Unsubscribe: 
> https://wireshark.org/mailman/**options/wireshark-dev<https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev>
>             mailto:wireshark-dev-request () **wireshark org<wireshark-dev-request () wireshark org>
> ?subject=**unsubscribe
___________________________________________________________________________
Sent via:    Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev () wireshark org>
Archives:    http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev
Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev
             mailto:wireshark-dev-request () wireshark org?subject=unsubscribe