http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1476
Summary: Allow users to specify where Wireshark stores plugins,
preferences, history, etc. on Unix
Product: Wireshark
Version: unspecified
Platform: PC
OS/Version: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: Enhancement
Priority: Low
Component: Wireshark
AssignedTo: wireshark-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
ReportedBy: ryker@xxxxxxxxx
Build Information:
TShark 0.99.4
Copyright 1998-2006 Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and contributors.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Compiled with GLib 2.12.9, with libpcap 0.9.5, with libz 1.2.3, with libpcre
6.6, without UCD-SNMP or Net-SNMP, without ADNS, without Lua, without GnuTLS,
with Gcrypt 1.2.2, without Kerberos.
Running on Linux 2.6.17-gentoo-r4, with libpcap version 0.9.5.
Built using gcc 3.4.6 (Gentoo 3.4.6-r1, ssp-3.4.5-1.0, pie-8.7.9).
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It would be nice to allow users to specify where Wireshark stores user-specific
plugins, preferences, history, and so on. Right now, the user-specific storage
on Unix is a ".wireshark" directory under a user's home directory. I propose
detection of an environment variable, tentatively called $WIRESHARK_HOME, that
allows users to direct Wireshark to look elsewhere with fallback to the
existing behaviour. This allows users to keep files organised according to
preference and creates a simple way of switching between different Wireshark
configurations in a single user account.
I will attach a trivial patch that implements/documents this behaviour.
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