Installing Wireshark

Question

I am trying to install wireshark with help from this youtube video

sudo apt-get install wireshark libcap2-bin
sudo groupadd wireshark
sudo usermod -a -G wireshark debbase

But I faced a problem when I ran the command sudo usermod -a -G wireshark debbase. It gives the error:

user 'debbase' does not exist

What should I do?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 24 '12 at 23:20

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In this example, debbase is the provided username. Replace it with your username. This would be the one you entered when you installed and set up Ubuntu.

You can also find your username by entering a shell and typing:

whoami

What that command does is adds the user debbase to the group wireshark

answered Oct 24 '12 at 23:20

Kyle Macey

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ohhh....I forgot...:-( username is lara. But It is not working....!!! – lara Oct 24 '12 at 23:22
What does it say now? – Kyle Macey Oct 24 '12 at 23:24
You're welcome. You can accept my answer as the working solution by clicking the checkmark to the left of my answer to help people in the future. – Kyle Macey Oct 24 '12 at 23:25

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 31 '12 at 21:30

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debbase is the username of the individual in the tutorial.

You need to replace "debbase" with your local username.

If you aren't sure, you can type whoami in your terminal to get this information.

edited Oct 31 '12 at 21:30

devav2

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answered Oct 24 '12 at 23:23

Gsinti

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Installing Wireshark

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