Re: start problem, operation not permitted

itsec.info wrote:

> I successfully installed wireshark V0.99.2 under suse 9.3.
> When I start wireshark for capturing data I get the following error message:
> 
> open_if: socket: Operation not permitted

On Linux, at least by default, in order to capture data you have to run 
as root.  (There might be ways in which an app could be written, and its 
executable image flagged, so that it has permission to capture packets 
if not run as root without just being set-UID root.)