Wireshark 2.0 starts under El Capitan (OS X 10.11.1)but options are not will not function due to the following messsages: Could not open common recent file "/Users/rebeccapage/.config/wireshark/recent_common": Permission denied. Could not open recent file "/Users/rebeccapage/.config/wireshark/recent": Permission denied. Could not open recent file "/Users/rebeccapage/.config/wireshark/recent": Permission denied. You don't have permission to read the file "init.lua". Error loading table 'SMI Paths': Permission denied Error loading table 'SMI Modules': Permission denied Error loading table 'GeoIP Database Paths': Permission denied Error loading table 'OID Tables': Permission denied Error loading table 'Custom BootP/DHCP Options (Excl. suboptions)': Permission denied Error loading table 'Force Decode by Channel': Permission denied Error loading table 'Decryption Table': Permission denied Error loading table 'Node bodytypes': Permission denied Error loading table 'DMP Security Classifications': Permission denied Error loading table 'DTLS RSA Keylist': Permission denied Error loading table 'ESS Category Attributes': Permission denied Error loading table 'Endpoint and Channel Configuration': Permission denied Error loading table 'Custom HTTP Header Fields': Permission denied Error loading table 'WEP and WPA Decryption Keys': Permission denied Error loading table 'Static Addresses': Permission denied Error loading table 'Custom IMF headers': Permission denied Error loading table 'ESP SAs': Permission denied Error loading table 'IKEv1 Decryption Table': Permission denied Error loading table 'IKEv2 Decryption Table': Permission denied Error loading table 'K12 Protocols': Permission denied Error loading table 'LBMPDM-TCP tag definitions': Permission denied Error loading table 'LBMR tag definitions': Permission denied Error loading table 'LBT-RM tag definitions': Permission denied Error loading table 'LBT-RU tag definitions': Permission denied Error loading table 'LBT-TCP tag definitions': Permission denied Error loading table 'Custom LDAP AttributeValue types': Permission denied Error loading table 'Static LCID -> drb Table': Permission denied Error loading table 'PDCP UE security keys': Permission denied Error loading table 'PRES Users Context List': Permission denied Error loading table 'Kind-ID Table': Permission denied Error loading table 'SCCP Users Table': Permission denied Error loading table 'Chunk types for the statistics dialog': Permission denied Error loading table 'SNMP Users': Permission denied Error loading table 'SNMP Enterprise Specific Trap Types': Permission denied Error loading table 'SSL Decrypt': Permission denied Error loading table 'User DLTs Table': Permission denied Error loading table 'Bitstream Channel Table': Permission denied Error loading table 'Pre-configured Keys': Permission denied Error loading table 'ZigBee GP Security Keys': Permission denied Error loading table 'Display Filter Macros': Permission denied Error loading table 'Expert Info Severity Level Configuration': Permission denied Error loading table 'Packet Lengths': Permission denied Could not open your preferences file "/Users/rebeccapage/.config/wireshark/preferences": Permission denied. Could not open your capture filter file "/Users/rebeccapage/.config/wireshark/cfilters": Permission denied. Could not open your display filter file "/Users/rebeccapage/.config/wireshark/dfilters": Permission denied. Could not open your disabled protocols file "/Users/rebeccapage/.config/wireshark/heuristic_protos": Permission denied. Could not open recent file "/Users/rebeccapage/.config/wireshark/recent_common": Permission denied. Could not open filter file "/Users/rebeccapage/.config/wireshark/colorfilters": Permission denied. asked 30 Nov '15, 08:34  Boilermaker edited 30 Nov '15, 19:21  Guy Harris ♦♦ |
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Have you checked the answer of this similar question? https://ask.wireshark.org/questions/42982/wireshark-1996-for-mac-osx-10103-can-t-open-preferences-file answered 30 Nov '15, 08:53  Christian_R Yes, but the root permissions (sip) have changed in El Capitan, so I am asking for some help on how to bypass this issue so Wireshark can write into the .config directory (30 Nov '15, 09:35) Boilermaker Thnks, hat answer pertaining to OS X 10.10 and Wireshark 1.99 helped, but under OS X 10.11, the .wireshark directory must be made and its permissions changed to 755, then each of the other direcories and file must be created and permissions changed. Thans for the help (30 Nov '15, 10:58) Boilermaker So do I understand you right that the follwing config works for you?: (30 Nov '15, 11:41) Christian_R If they started with Wireshark 2.0, and had never used any version of Wireshark before that (or had never saved any preferences before running 2.0), there wouldn't be a If they already have a (30 Nov '15, 22:28) Guy Harris ♦♦ |
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