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How do I run wireshark, with root-privileges?

A standard installation of Wireshark doesn't give the program permission to access the network interface. I suppose I have to run the program with sudo, but do not know how to add it to the icon - if that's the way to do it.
Sven AA
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What screenshot tools are available?

I have noticed that many people use images in their Ask Ubuntu answers. What software are people using?
RunningUtes
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How to add a Python module to syspath?

I have a file structure like this: Folder Common foo1.py TestFolder foo2.py I want to import in foo2.py and foo1.py. I tried but it doesn't work on Ubuntu: sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('../../')) from Common import foo1.py
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Copy folders (not one file) using SSH ubuntu?

I am trying to copy a folder to remote Ubuntu server using command line ssh connection, i understand it's doable to transfer a file using scp but i have many files in a folder iam trying to copy to that remote server, how is that done? anyone?…
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Conveniently schedule a command to run later?

What's a simple way to run a command, say, 8 hours from now? I can think of this way: nohup bash -c "sleep 28800 ; ./mycommand.sh" & Is there a more "proper" way?
Steve Bennett
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Remove sudo privileges from a user (without deleting the user)

If you give a user sudo privileges how can I remove the sudo privileges and make the user become just a regular user? I used: sudo adduser username sudo Now I've changed my mind.
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Generate md5 checksum for all files in a directory

I would like to create a md5 checksum list for all files in a directory. I want to cat filename | md5sum > ouptput.txt. I want to do this in 1 step for all files in my directory. Any assistance would be great.
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converting epub files to PDF format

I would like to know the ways in which epub files can be converted to pdf in ubuntu. Any method, GUI or command line conversion is fine as far as my epub gets converted to pdf. Thanks.
palerdot
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How can I troubleshoot "VPN Connection Failed"?

Is there anyway to get an error log for a failed VPN connection attempt? All I get is this notification and I have no idea where to go from there.
Olivier Lalonde
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"Failure to download extra data files" after installing ttf-mscorefonts-installer

After fresh install 12.04 I && updating apt and system restart, I always get this annoying message after reboot : Failure to download extra data files The following packages requested additional data downloads after package installation, but the…
armanke13
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Can't close Authentication Required window after login

I am using Ubuntu 20.04(Gnome3.36) and need help with this: The Authentication Required window is stuck right after logging in and I can't close it. I tried using xkill to close the window but it didn't close, I think xkill doesn't recognize the…
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Logging out other users from the command line

Sometimes when there are too many users logged in it can cause my computer to become very slow and laggy due to low amount of available RAM. I would like to be able to quickly log out the other users from the command line instead of manually…
Isaiah
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Ubuntu Server 18.04 LVM out of space with improper default partitioning

I installed Ubuntu Server 18.04 with the LVM option and left the default partition setup. Now my main drive only has 4GB in a 1TB hard drive. How can I fix this without starting from scratch? Results of df -h : Filesystem …
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How can I configure Unity's launcher auto-hide behavior?

This has been an issue for me with Unity since its release. I'd like to make the the launcher auto-hide. Especially on Netbooks, where screens are small, the launcher is quite wide, making it difficult to properly display some websites and other…
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How to move all files in current folder to subfolder?

I am at the path: /myuser/downloads/ And I create a sub folder: /myuser/downloads/new Now I want to move all files and folders/sub-folders in the downloads folder to the sub-folder. how can I do this? I tried: mv -R *.* new/ But move doesn't take…
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