Run wireshark without having to be root

setWireshark

#!/bin/bash

if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
    USERNAME=$1
else
   echo "ERROR: no username supplied"
   echo "Using current user"
   USERNAME=`whoami`
   
fi

### Ubuntu:
# apt-get install libcap2-bin

sudo groupadd wireshark
sudo usermod -a -G wireshark $USERNAME

echo "Setting perms on dumpcap, change /usr/bin to /usr/sbin if needed" 
sudo chgrp wireshark /usr/bin/dumpcap
sudo chmod 754 /usr/bin/dumpcap

sudo setcap cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin=eip /usr/bin/dumpcap

echo "Checking if cap has been set:"
sudo getcap /usr/bin/dumpcap

echo "Ensuring user has been added to wireshark group"
sudo -u $USERNAME newgrp wireshark