"Go" [fix] Wireshark Error:there is no interfaces on which a capture can is done. On Mac OS X

I got the following error message when trying to open a network interface for capture using Wireshark on Mac OS X (Wiresha RK 1.5.1 Intel-beta and 1.4.6 Intel Show this behaviour):

There is no interfaces on which a capture can is done.

To solve the problem open a Terminal and enter

sudo chown $USER: admin/dev/bp*

This command fixes the ownership of your Berkeley packet filter devices /dev/bpf0 etc. which makes them readable and Writable.

If you are using Linux instead of Mac OS X

When using a Linux distribution (such as Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Arch etc.) you can usually solve this problem by running Wireshark as root user (using sudo wireshark ). Alternatively set the permissions of your network interfaces to allow access by regular users).

"Go" [fix] Wireshark Error:there is no interfaces on which a capture can is done. On Mac OS X