Tue, March 6, 2018 ยท 1 min read

wireshark does not show interfaces when run as normal user

wireshark does not show interfaces when run as normal user

wireshark is a packet analyzer tool used to troubleshoot network issues, when run as a normal user it does not list the interfaces to fix this follow the below steps.

  1. add user to wireshark group
#usermod -aG wireshark cipher
#newgrp cipher
  1. change the permissions on dumpcap
#sudo chmod 4711 `which dumpcap`

after this restart wireshark you should see the list of interfaces.