0007329: Wireshark not opening document when not root

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0007329	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2021-09-14 19:33	2021-09-19 11:20

Reporter	neatrubble	Assigned To	daniruiz
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	2021.3

Summary	0007329: Wireshark not opening document when not root
Description	Package kali-menu When using xdg-open on a pcap or double-clicking a pcap, as a user that is not root or in the wireshark group, Wireshark will open but not the Pcap. In /usr/share/applications/wireshark.desktop, the Exec line contains %f two times. According to the documentation at https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s07.html, "A command line may contain at most one %f, %u, %F or %U field code.". This cause Wireshark to launch but without arguments.
Steps To Reproduce	Using a user that is not in the wireshark group: xdg-open somepcap.pcap (An authentication window will appear to run the application as root) (Wireshark will open, without the document)

daniruiz 2021-09-15 09:32 manager ~0015209	Hello! Following the original Exec parameter for wireshark: `Exec=sh -c "id -Gn \| grep -qw wireshark && wireshark %f \|\| pkexec wireshark %f"` You are right, freedesktop indicates that a desktop file can only have '%f' once (https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s07.html), so it's only replacing that code the first match. Therefore wireshark only opens files if the user is part of the wireshark group. I've fixed this and will be uploaded soon, but for now as a workaround you can add your user to the wireshark group (this is now the default in kali) `sudo usermod $(whoami) -aG wireshark` You probably need to reboot after adding the user to the group. Here is the fix https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/packages/kali-menu/-/commit/89dd1d48eb2b3f0d3ccc3333a490b01bf22c5b43

g0tmi1k 2021-09-19 11:20 administrator ~0015215	I believe this has been addressed now

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2021-09-14 19:33	neatrubble	New Issue
2021-09-15 09:32	daniruiz	Note Added: 0015209
2021-09-15 09:32	daniruiz	Assigned To	=> daniruiz
2021-09-15 09:32	daniruiz	Status	new => assigned
2021-09-19 11:20	g0tmi1k	Note Added: 0015215
2021-09-19 11:20	g0tmi1k	Status	assigned => resolved
2021-09-19 11:20	g0tmi1k	Resolution	open => fixed