Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Wireshark on Kali linux

[João Valverde <joao.valverde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/02/19 16:48, Dario Lombardo wrote:
> Hi
> Today I found out an annoying issue on kali. It ships with a pretty new 
> version of wireshark, but when you launch it, an issue raises. This post 
> describes the issue and proposes a fix, too.
>
> https://securityonline.info/run-wireshark-as-root-kali-linux/?cn-reloaded=1
>
> I know that the problem is how kali runs wireshark (as root) and that it 
> should be avoided, but this is how kali works and I don't think they 
> will change their mind. Moreover from the perspective of a kali user, it 
> really looks like a bug in wireshark and not in kali.
>
> I am planning to solve it somehow. What about the solution proposed in 
> the post? I could embed it in the debian package when installed on kali. 
> That would solve the issue, but do we want to do it? And do we want to 
> do it this way?
> I'd like to hear some opinion.

This is a bug in Wireshark.

step 1) make dofile() an error if the user is root.
step 2) try to run dofile() anyway, even though step 1 made it an error.

Possible solutions:
- don't enable this error for console.lua
- don't try to run dofile(console.lua) if the user is root
- use something else other than error() when disabling dofile() 
(something that won't generate such a disruptive dialog window for example).