Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 12695] New: Wireshark will hang at launch on OS X 10.10 if
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2016 21:38:34 +0000
Bug ID | 12695 |
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Summary | Wireshark will hang at launch on OS X 10.10 if user has no admin privileges |
Product | Wireshark |
Version | 2.0.5 |
Hardware | x86 |
OS | Mac OS X 10.10 |
Status | UNCONFIRMED |
Severity | Normal |
Priority | Low |
Component | Qt UI |
Assignee | [email protected] |
Reporter | [email protected] |
Build Information: Wireshark 2.0.5 (v2.0.5-0-ga3be9c6 from master-2.0) Copyright 1998-2016 Gerald Combs <[email protected]> and contributors. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html> 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 (64-bit) with Qt 5.3.2, with libpcap, without POSIX capabilities, with libz 1.2.5, with GLib 2.36.0, with SMI 0.4.8, with c-ares 1.10.0, with Lua 5.2, with GnuTLS 2.12.19, with Gcrypt 1.5.0, with MIT Kerberos, with GeoIP, with QtMultimedia, without AirPcap. Running on Mac OS X 10.10.5, build 14F1909 (Darwin 14.5.0), with locale en_CA.UTF-8, with libpcap version 1.5.3 - Apple version 47, with libz 1.2.5, with GnuTLS 2.12.19, with Gcrypt 1.5.0. Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3615QM CPU @ 2.30GHz (with SSE4.2) Built using llvm-gcc 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2336.9.00). -- If the OS X user launching wireshark does not have admin privileges (allow user to administer computer un-checked in users/groups preferences), then Wireshark will hang forever at startup showing "Loading module preferences". Log message displayed (e.g. if running from command prompt) is /Applications/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/Wireshark 14:33:32 Capture Warn sync_pipe_wait_for_child: waitpid returned EINTR. retrying.' This appears to be because the user does not have sufficient privileges to launch dumpcap correctly. What am I trying to do? 1. Launch wireshark as an unprivileged user 2. open a saved capture file for analysis Workaround: chmod o-rx /Applications/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS//dumpcap This will allow wireshark to launch, and display the error message "Couldn't run ...dumpcap in child process: Permission denied" (The other obvious workaround is to give the user admin privileges, but in my case I don't want to do that)
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