wireshark/wireshark-1.6.1-group-msg.patch
2013-06-17 15:21:31 +02:00

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Customize 'permission denied' error.
Add Fedora-specific message to error output when dumpcap cannot be started
because of permissions.
diff --git a/capture_sync.c b/capture_sync.c
index 8c49ed2..65e242d 100644
--- a/capture_sync.c
+++ b/capture_sync.c
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ sync_pipe_start(capture_options *capture_opts, capture_session *cap_session)
gchar *signal_pipe_name;
#else
char errmsg[1024+1];
+ const char *securitymsg = "";
int sync_pipe[2]; /* pipe used to send messages from child to parent */
enum PIPES { PIPE_READ, PIPE_WRITE }; /* Constants 0 and 1 for PIPE_READ and PIPE_WRITE */
#endif
@@ -638,8 +639,10 @@ sync_pipe_start(capture_options *capture_opts, capture_session *cap_session)
dup2(sync_pipe[PIPE_WRITE], 2);
ws_close(sync_pipe[PIPE_READ]);
execv(argv[0], argv);
- g_snprintf(errmsg, sizeof errmsg, "Couldn't run %s in child process: %s",
- argv[0], g_strerror(errno));
+ if (errno == EPERM || errno == EACCES)
+ securitymsg = "\nAre you a member of the 'wireshark' group? Try running\n'usermod -a -G wireshark _your_username_' as root.";
+ g_snprintf(errmsg, sizeof errmsg, "Couldn't run %s in child process: %s%s",
+ argv[0], g_strerror(errno), securitymsg);
sync_pipe_errmsg_to_parent(2, errmsg, "");
/* Exit with "_exit()", so that we don't close the connection
@@ -731,6 +734,7 @@ sync_pipe_open_command(char** argv, int *data_read_fd,
PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
#else
char errmsg[1024+1];
+ const char *securitymsg = "";
int sync_pipe[2]; /* pipe used to send messages from child to parent */
int data_pipe[2]; /* pipe used to send data from child to parent */
#endif
@@ -865,8 +869,10 @@ sync_pipe_open_command(char** argv, int *data_read_fd,
ws_close(sync_pipe[PIPE_READ]);
ws_close(sync_pipe[PIPE_WRITE]);
execv(argv[0], argv);
- g_snprintf(errmsg, sizeof errmsg, "Couldn't run %s in child process: %s",
- argv[0], g_strerror(errno));
+ if (errno == EPERM || errno == EACCES)
+ securitymsg = "\nAre you a member of the 'wireshark' group? Try running\n'usermod -a -G wireshark _your_username_' as root.";
+ g_snprintf(errmsg, sizeof errmsg, "Couldn't run %s in child process: %s%s",
+ argv[0], g_strerror(errno), securitymsg);
sync_pipe_errmsg_to_parent(2, errmsg, "");
/* Exit with "_exit()", so that we don't close the connection