[Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx>]

MKS {} wrote:
> Folks,
>  
> On Linux, I have placed a custom dissector in .wireshark/plugins dir in 
> my home dir. This isn't the most convenient place to store this. Is 
> there an env var I could set to control this location (using wireshark 
> 0.99.5)?

What about "/usr/local/lib/wireshark/plugins/" (or whatever base dir you 
have Wireshark in)?

> Also, will tshark use the same dissector to decode fields for the custom 
> protocol or do I have to write another one (I can't test this due to the 
> location of the plugin dir and restrictions on the dirs I can access 
> when running as root on my system) ? Thanks,

Yes, one of the design goals of Wireshark is that dissectors will work 
in both the GUI and the command line, or at least a vast majority of it 
will work.