(admins would take care of this them self, I rly hope). Arch Linux - wireshark-qt 4.0.4-1 (x8664) wireshark-qt 4.0.4-1 Package Actions Source Files / View Changes Bug Reports / Add New Bug Search Wiki / Manual Pages Security Issues Flag Package Out-of-Date () Download From Mirror Dependencies (56) desktop-file-utils gcc-libs glibc hicolor-icon-theme libgcrypt libnl libpcap libpcap.

It's just a try to make archlinux more safe for regular user. I made my self a script and its not a problem to run it after every update. But on Unix - Solaris 10: /tmp/arch -> erase the arch directory /tmp/arch. Also, post_remove scrip should delete wireshark group to keep system clean. > erase the files inside the temp, but doesnt erase the directory. Of course, user should be told that he should add him self to group wireshark at the time of installation (what many archlinux packages does), so he doesn't have to crawl web to find the answer. Isn't it easier and better to just once type: sudo gpasswd -a user wireshark, then running it as root? It's not changing/adding features of program/OS (like patch or something)ĪFAIK, many packages (trough I'm not sure if thats in PKGBUILD, or in native packages) are creating new groups to avoid programs being run as root.īesides that, when admin installs program, its everything the same for him, besides he doesn't have to do the same after every update.īut when regular user installs program, he would 80% run that as root (like you did), which is (potentiality hight) security risk.

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