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ipbody

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Registered: 2020-11-04

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[SOLVED] Im not the current logged user

Hi!

Im trying to add my user (javier) to the wireshark group, so i can use wireshark without root privileges.

I type

#sudo gpasswd -a javier wireshark

on the command prompt and "groups javier" to check, the output is this one

#groups javier 
input wireshark wheel

But when i type "groups", the output is

#groups
input wheel

So it looks like im not the user javier but when i type "whoami" the output is

#whoami
javier

Ive already restart multiple times.

Ive also tried switch user using "su javier" and i can launch wireshark without issues.

There are no other user that i can log into, so i dont know what else to do.

Last edited by ipbody (2020-11-04 22:29:45)

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] Im not the current logged user

Why is there a "#" sign before your commands?  That generally indicates a root user prompt.

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seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Im not the current logged user

Ive already restart multiple times.

After doing that, does

groups javier

suggest you're still in the wireshark group?
What's the outpug of

id

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ipbody

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Registered: 2020-11-04

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] Im not the current logged user

Why is there a "#" sign before your commands?  That generally indicates a root user prompt.

A put the # to differentiate the console input and output, kind of a bad decision.

After a complete shutdown the problem looks solved now, the output of "groups" does show the wireshark group so thanks you all for the help!