$OpenBSD: README-main,v 1.1.1.1 2014/07/14 08:44:51 landry Exp $

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| Running wireshark-1.12.3 on OpenBSD
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Packet dissectors (here in Wireshark, and in other programs such as tcpdump)
have a long history of security problems. In wireshark, these are isolated
from the packet capture code (which must have root privileges) by using a
separate program, dumpcap, to run the capture.

/usr/local/bin/dumpcap has been installed setuid root, with read/execute
access granted only to users in the _wireshark group. For normal interactive
use of wireshark, add your username to this group:

  usermod -G _wireshark username

If you will only run wireshark offline on files captured using tcpdump -w,
this step is not necessary.

DO NOT RUN WIRESHARK AS ROOT.
