

I followed those instructions (with adaptations):

They RECOMMEND restrict dumpcap execution to a specific group or user. I followed the instructions from wireshark page about about capture privileges: It can be a temporary solution, but not desired as permanent solution.

That will allow packet capture for ALL USERS on the system. The above command really works, but I would like to add a security WARNING. The proposed solution is: sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/dumpcap Which is marked as duplicate and brought me here. I'm not able to use wireshark "couldn't run /usr/bin/dumpcap in child process" Googled “couldn't run /usr/bin/dumpcap in child process” and found this question:
