Hey, I am new to arch linux and wireshark. Its a noob question i know, but jsut wanted to know. Basically, i am using arch linux with Linux kernel 4.2.2. I have downloaded and installed wireshark as a root user using pacman. Additionally i made a new non-root user (username: wiresharktest) and added it to the default wireshark group. I have limited the permissions only to the root user and users in the wireshark group. Now i wanted to know if i can run wireshark as a non-root user (username: wiresharktest) while I am logged in as root. Is it possible? If yes, How? Thanks in advance. asked 13 Oct '15, 14:51  archskynet |
One Answer:
Please try this:
Please replace the path to Wireshark with the path on your system. Regards answered 13 Oct '15, 15:00  Kurt Knochner ♦ |
su -l wiresharktest -c /usr/bin/wireshark-qt wireshark-qt: cannot connect to X server. :( I'm sorry if i am going in a wrong direction, you can ask me to refer any instructions which i may understand first, rather than blindly asking here. I understood that running an X server is required for displaying programs from su. I read it that i can create a symlink. Please Explain.
Do you have a graphical interface on your OS, or is this a pure "server installation" with ssh/telnet access?
Hey, I do have a GUI for my OS. And this is not a server installation. It works if i start wireshark-qt from terminal , and I can login as a non-root user as well, but cannot start a the application as a non-root user from root.
Then you should follow the dscriptions in the following question, recently asked: