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I've executed Wireshark and I tried to capture packets.

I got the following error which shows up after clicking "start capturing":

error message

Yaron
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The error says:

You don't have permissions to capture on that device

wireshark require root access in order to capture data on a network device, as it uses Promiscuous mode

Executing wireshark using sudo should solve the problem (by execution the program as root)

sudo wireshark
Yaron
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    This is not the best solution, as wireshark should not be run with root rights. To allow users to run wireshark, run sudo dpkg-reconfigure wireshark-common, answerYes and add the user to group wireshark (see https://ask.wireshark.org/questions/7976/wireshark-setup-linux-for-nonroot-user). – ridgy Mar 07 '17 at 14:26
  • I agree that it is not the best solution, but it is the simplest solution. I saw the wireshark page before I post my answer, and had internal debate if I should include it as a link.... Do you think that I should add it to my answer? – Yaron Mar 07 '17 at 14:29