Guy Harris

`sudo`, and, I think, at least one of Apple's GUI equivalents (I don't know about other UN\*X GUI equivalents), have a timer that's started after you successfully provide a password...

> Same issue here, every time I start Wireshark I have 7-8 UAC Windows (because of several adapters, some of which seem useless -- "NdisWan Adapter"). Useless adapters is a...

> 3. And of course actually capturing. And to make things clearer, that means: 3a. The sparklines on the main screen and the Capture Options dialog. 3b. Actually capturing.

(Turning dumpcap into a long-running subprocess of Wireshark, running as a "capture server" process, would, I think, reduce the number of UAC prompts to {capture requested at any point in...

Thanks. So: In the short term, do you know what might be causing `PacketSetHwFilter()` to fail in [this ask.wireshark.org question](https://ask.wireshark.org/question/8344/wont-start-a-capture-30/)? The path to the device has a GUID in it,...

> The OID is sent with `PacketRequest()`, which calls `DeviceIoControl()`, which sets the last error if there is an error, but immediately afterwards `GlobalFree()` is called, which will probably clobber...

> Regarding profiling/debugging, we distribute PDBs of packet.dll and all our binaries in the Debug Symbols package on npcap.org, OK, I got those, and it got deeper into the call...

> > Regarding profiling/debugging, we distribute PDBs of packet.dll and all our binaries in the Debug Symbols package on npcap.org, > > OK, I got those, and it got deeper...

> This issue is now about documentation for debugging/profiling Npcap. ...including building it in the first place.

sharkd isn't installed by Wireshark's Windows installer. This is [Wireshark issue #19556](https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19556).