From Tom Brezinski:

[obnox/wireshark/wip.git] / README.bsd

diff --git a/README.bsd b/README.bsd
index eba96b89980b9d80e33ad21b4b2e4dab0277b752..6145aa7142c13a8acccdd4fe1ccae6a6db184b28 100644 (file)
--- a/README.bsd
+++ b/README.bsd
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 $Id$
 
-Installing Wireshark on FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD
+Installing Wireshark on FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD/DragonFly BSD
 ========================================================================
 
      1. Extra packages required
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ Install the latest versions of the following programs before compiling:
     glitz
     gtk2 / gtk+2
     jpeg
-    libiconv
     pango
     pkgconfig
     png
@@ -35,8 +34,7 @@ ports or packages system.
 2. Compiling Wireshark
 -----------------------
 To compile Wireshark with the default options, run configure, make and
-make install:
-
+make install (you may have to run "autogen.sh" first): 
      ./configure
      make
      make install
@@ -80,4 +78,34 @@ that need to use Wireshark to the wheel group.  Check your operating
 system's documentation on how to make permanent these changes as they
 are often reset upon reboot; if /dev is implemented with devfs, it might
 be possible to configure devfs to create all bpf devices owned by a
-particular user and/or group and with particular permissions.
+particular user and/or group and with particular permissions.  In
+FreeBSD 6.0 and later this can be done by creating an /etc/devfs.rules
+file with content such as
+
+       [localrules=10]
+       add path 'bpf*' {mode and permissions}
+
+where "mode and permissions" can include clauses such as
+
+       mode {octal permissions}
+
+to set the permissions on the device (e.g., "mode 0660" to set the
+permissions to rw-rw-r--),
+
+       user {user}
+
+to set the user who owns the device, or
+
+       group {group}
+
+to set the group that owns the device and adding a line such as
+
+       devfs_system_ruleset=localrules
+
+to /etc/rc.conf.  For example, an /etc/devfs.rules file with
+
+       [localrules=10]
+       add path 'bpf*' mode 0660 group wheel
+
+will grant read and write permissions on all BPF devices to all users in
+the "wheel" group.