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STRATOSHARK(1) STRATOSHARK(1)
stratoshark - System call and event log analyzer
stratoshark [ -i <capture source>|- ] [ -f <capture filter> ] [ -Y
<display filter> ] [ -w <outfile> ] [ options ] [ <infile> ]
stratoshark -h|--help
stratoshark -v|--version
Stratoshark is a GUI system call and log analyzer. It lets you
interactively browse system calls and log messages from a live
system or from a previously saved capture file. Stratoshark's
native capture file format is scap, which is used by the sysdig
CLI tool and by Falco.
Stratoshark's main window shows 3 views of each event. It shows a
summary line, briefly describing what the event is. An event
details display is shown, allowing you to drill down to exact
field that you interested in. Finally, a hex dump shows you
exactly what the event data looks like on disk or over the wire.
In addition, Stratoshark has some features that make it unique. It
can assemble all the syscalls in a file descriptor stream and show
you the ASCII (or EBCDIC, or hex) data in that conversation.
Display filters in Stratoshark are very powerful; more fields are
filterable in Stratoshark than in other tools, and the syntax you
can use to create your filters is richer. As Stratoshark
progresses, expect more and more fields to be supported.
Event capturing is performed by the libscap and libsinsp
libraries. The capture filter syntax follows the rules of the
libscap. This syntax is different from the display filter syntax.
Compressed file support uses (and therefore requires) the zlib
library. If the zlib library is not present, Stratoshark will
compile, but will be unable to read compressed files.
The pathname of a capture file to be read can be specified with
the -r option or can be specified as a command-line argument.
Stratoshark supports a wide variety of command line options. Most
users will want to start it without any options and configure it
from the application menus instead. Those users may wish to skip
this section.
-a|--autostop <capture autostop condition>
Specify a criterion that specifies when Stratoshark should
stop writing to a capture file. The criterion is of the form
test:value, where test is one of:
duration:value Stop writing to a capture file after value
seconds have elapsed. Floating point values (e.g. 0.5) are
allowed.
files:value Stop writing to capture files after value number
of files were written.
filesize:value Stop writing to a capture file after it reaches
a size of value kB. If this option is used together with the
-b option, Stratoshark will stop writing to the current
capture file and switch to the next one if filesize is
reached. Note that the filesize is limited to a maximum value
of 2 TB, although you might have problems viewing the file in
the GUI before then if the number of events exceeds 231
(2147483648).
events:value Stop writing to a capture file after it contains
value events. Acts the same as -c<capture event count>.
-b|--ring-buffer <capture ring buffer option>
Cause Stratoshark to run in "multiple files" mode. In
"multiple files" mode, Stratoshark will write to several
capture files. When the first capture file fills up,
Stratoshark will switch writing to the next file and so on.
The created filenames are based on the filename given with the
-w flag, the number of the file and on the creation date and
time, e.g. outfile_00001_20250714120117.pcap,
outfile_00002_20250714120523.pcap, ...
With the files option it’s also possible to form a "ring
buffer". This will fill up new files until the number of files
specified, at which point Stratoshark will discard the data in
the first file and start writing to that file and so on. If
the files option is not set, new files filled up until one of
the capture stop conditions match (or until the disk is full).
The criterion is of the form key:value, where key is one of:
duration:value switch to the next file after value seconds
have elapsed, even if the current file is not completely
filled up. Floating point values (e.g. 0.5) are allowed.
files:value begin again with the first file after value number
of files were written (form a ring buffer). This value must be
less than 100000. Caution should be used when using large
numbers of files: some filesystems do not handle many files in
a single directory well. The files criterion requires one of
the other criteria to be specified to control when to go to
the next file. It should be noted that each -b parameter takes
exactly one criterion; to specify two criteria, each must be
preceded by the -b option.
filesize:value switch to the next file after it reaches a size
of value kB. Note that the filesize is limited to a maximum
value of 2 TB, although you might have problems viewing the
file in the GUI before then if the number of events exceeds
231 (2147483648).
interval:value switch to the next file when the time is an
exact multiple of value seconds.
events:value switch to the next file after it contains value
events.
Example: -b filesize:1000 -b files:5 results in a ring buffer
of five files of size one megabyte each.
-c <capture event count>
Set the maximum number of events to read when capturing live
data. Acts the same as -a events:<capture event count>.
-C <configuration profile>
Start with the given configuration profile.
--capture-comment <comment>
When performing a capture file from the command line, with the
-k flag, add a capture comment to the output file, if
supported by the capture format.
This option may be specified multiple times. Note that
Stratoshark currently only displays the first comment of a
capture file.
-D|--list-sources
Print a list of the sources from which Stratoshark can
capture, and exit. For each source, a number and a source
name, possibly followed by a text description of the source,
is printed. The source name or the number can be supplied to
the -i flag to specify a source from which to capture.
--display <X display to use>
Specifies the X display to use. A hostname and screen
(otherhost:0.0) or just a screen (:0.0) can be specified. This
option is not available under macOS or Windows.
-f <capture filter>
Set the capture filter expression.
This option can occur multiple times. If used before the first
occurrence of the -i option, it sets the default capture
filter expression. If used after an -i option, it sets the
capture filter expression for the source specified by the last
-i option occurring before this option. If the capture filter
expression is not set specifically, the default capture filter
expression is used if provided.
Pre-defined capture filter names, as shown in the GUI menu
item Capture→Capture Filters, can be used by prefixing the
argument with "predef:". Example: -f
"predef:MyPredefinedHostOnlyFilter"
--fullscreen
Start Stratoshark in full screen mode (kiosk mode). To exit
from fullscreen mode, open the View menu and select the Full
Screen option. Alternatively, press the F11 key (or Ctrl + Cmd
+ F for macOS).
-g <event number>
After reading in a capture file using the -r flag, go to the
given event number.
-h|--help
Print the version number and options and exit.
-H
Hide the capture info dialog during live capture.
-i|--source <capture source>|-
Set the name of the capture source or pipe to use for live
capture.
Capture source names should match one of the names or numbers
listed in "stratoshark -D" (described above).
If no source is specified, Stratoshark searches the list of
sources, choosing the first source. If there are no sources at
all, Stratoshark reports an error and doesn’t start the
capture.
Pipe names should be either the name of a FIFO (named pipe) or
"-" to read data from the standard input. On Windows systems,
pipe names must be of the form "\\.\pipe\pipename". Data read
from pipes must be in standard scap format. Scap data must
have the same endianness as the capturing host.
This option can occur multiple times.
-j
Use after -J to change the behavior when no exact match is
found for the filter. With this option select the first event
before.
-J <jump filter>
After reading in a capture file using the -r flag, jump to the
event matching the filter (display filter syntax). If no exact
match is found the first event after that is selected.
-k
Start the capture session immediately. If the -i flag was
specified, the capture uses the specified source. Otherwise,
Stratoshark searches the list of sources and uses the first
source. If there are no sources, Stratoshark reports an error
and doesn’t start the capture.
-l
Turn on automatic scrolling if the event display is being
updated automatically as events arrive during a capture (as
specified by the -S flag).
-L|--list-data-link-types
List the data link types supported by the interface and exit.
--list-time-stamp-types
List time stamp types supported for the interface. If no time
stamp type can be set, no time stamp types are listed.
-o <preference/recent setting>
Set a preference or recent value, overriding the default value
and any value read from a preference/recent file. The argument
to the flag is a string of the form prefname:value, where
prefname is the name of the preference/recent value (which is
the same name that would appear in the preference/recent
file), and value is the value to which it should be set.
If prefname is "uat", you can override settings in various
user access tables using the form "uat:uat filename:uat
record". uat filename must be the name of a UAT file, e.g.
user_dlts. uat_record must be in the form of a valid record
for that file, including quotes. For instance, to specify a
user DLT from the command line, you would use
-o "uat:user_dlts:\"User 0 (DLT=147)\",\"cops\",\"0\",\"\",\"0\",\"\""
-P <path setting>
Special path settings usually detected automatically. This is
used for special cases, e.g. starting Stratoshark from a known
location on an USB stick.
The criterion is of the form key:path, where key is one of:
persconf:path path of personal configuration files, like the
preferences files.
persdata:path path of personal data files, it’s the folder
initially opened. After the very first initialization, the
recent file will keep the folder last used.
-r|--read-file <infile>
Read event data from infile, can be any supported capture file
format (including compressed files). It’s not possible to use
named pipes or stdin here, unlike TShark! To capture from a
pipe or from stdin use -i -.
-R|--read-filter <read (display) filter>
When reading a capture file specified with the -r flag, causes
the specified filter (which uses the syntax of display
filters, rather than that of capture filters) to be applied to
all events read from the capture file; events not matching the
filter are discarded.
-S
Automatically update the event display as events are coming
in.
--temp-dir <directory>
Specifies the directory into which temporary files (including
capture files) are to be written. The default behavior on
UNIX-compatible systems, such as Linux, macOS, \*BSD, Solaris,
and AIX, is to use the environment variable $TMPDIR if set,
and the system default, typically /tmp, if it is not. On
Windows, the %TEMP% environment variable is used, which
typically defaults to %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp.
--time-stamp-type <type>
Change the sources’s timestamp method. See
--list-time-stamp-types.
--update-interval <interval>
Set the length of time in milliseconds between new event
reports during a capture. Also sets the granularity of file
duration conditions. The default value is 100ms.
-v|--version
Print the full version information and exit.
-w <outfile>
Set the default capture file name, or '-' for standard output.
-X <eXtension options>
Specify an option to be passed to an Stratoshark module. The
eXtension option is in the form extension_key:value, where
extension_key can be:
lua_script:lua_script_filename tells Stratoshark to load the
given script in addition to the default Lua scripts.
lua_scriptnum:argument tells Stratoshark to pass the given
argument to the lua script identified by 'num', which is the
number indexed order of the 'lua_script' command. For example,
if only one script was loaded with '-X lua_script:my.lua',
then '-X lua_script1:foo' will pass the string 'foo' to the
'my.lua' script. If two scripts were loaded, such as '-X
lua_script:my.lua' and '-X lua_script:other.lua' in that
order, then a '-X lua_script2:bar' would pass the string 'bar'
to the second lua script, namely 'other.lua'.
stdin_descr:description tells Stratoshark to use the given
description when capturing from standard input (-i -).
-Y|--display-filter <displaY filter>
Start with the given display filter.
-z <statistics>
Get Stratoshark to collect various types of statistics and
display the result in a window that updates in semi-real time.
Some of the currently implemented statistics are:
-z help
Display all possible values for -z.
-d <layer type>==<selector>,<decode-as protocol>
Like Wireshark’s Decode As... feature, this lets you specify
how a layer type should be dissected. If the layer type in
question (for example, tcp.port or udp.port for a TCP or UDP
port number) has the specified selector value, packets should
be dissected as the specified protocol.
Example 1. Decode As Port
-d tcp.port==8888,http will decode any traffic running
over TCP port 8888 as HTTP.
See the tshark(1) manual page for more examples.
--disable-all-protocols
Disable dissection of all protocols.
--disable-protocol <proto_name>[,<proto_name>,...]
Disable dissection of proto_name. Use a proto_name of ALL to
override your chosen profile’s default enabled protocol list
and temporarily disable all protocols.
--disable-heuristic <short_name>
Disable dissection of heuristic protocol.
--enable-protocol <proto_name>[,<proto_name>,...]
Enable dissection of proto_name. Use a proto_name of ALL to
override your chosen profile’s default disabled protocol list
and temporarily enable all protocols which are enabled by
default.
If a protocol is implicated in both --disable-protocol and
--enable-protocol, the protocol is enabled. This allows you to
temporarily disable all protocols but a list of exceptions.
Example: --disable-protocol ALL --enable-protocol eth,ip
--enable-heuristic <short_name>
Enable dissection of heuristic protocol.
-K <keytab>
Load kerberos crypto keys from the specified keytab file. This
option can be used multiple times to load keys from several
files.
Example: -K krb5.keytab
-n
Disable network object name resolution (such as hostname, TCP
and UDP port names); the -N option might override this one.
-N <name resolving flags>
Turn on name resolving only for particular types of addresses
and port numbers, with name resolving for other types of
addresses and port numbers turned off. This option (along with
-n) can be specified multiple times; the last value given
overrides earlier ones. This option and -n override the
options from the preferences, including preferences set via
the -o option. If both -N and -n options are not present, the
values from the preferences are used, which default to -N dmN.
The argument is a string that may contain the letters:
d to enable resolution from captured DNS packets
g to enable IP address geolocation information lookup from
configured MaxMind databases
m to enable MAC address resolution
n to enable network address resolution
N to enable using external resolvers (e.g., DNS) for network
address resolution; no effect without n also enabled.
s to enable address resolution using SNI information found in
captured handshake packets
t to enable transport-layer port number resolution
v to enable VLAN IDs to names resolution
--only-protocols <protocols>
Only enable dissection of these protocols, comma separated.
Disable everything else.
-t (a|ad|adoy|d|dd|e|r|u|ud|udoy)[.[N]]|.[N]
Set the format of the packet timestamp displayed in the
default time column. The format can be one of:
a absolute: The absolute time, as local time in your time
zone, is the actual time the packet was captured, with no date
displayed
ad absolute with date: The absolute date, displayed as
YYYY-MM-DD, and time, as local time in your time zone, is the
actual time and date the packet was captured
adoy absolute with date using day of year: The absolute date,
displayed as YYYY/DOY, and time, as local time in your time
zone, is the actual time and date the packet was captured
d delta: The delta time is the time since the previous packet
was captured
dd delta_displayed: The delta_displayed time is the time since
the previous displayed packet was captured
e epoch: The time in seconds since epoch (Jan 1, 1970
00:00:00)
r relative: The relative time is the time elapsed between the
first packet and the current packet
u UTC: The absolute time, as UTC with a "Z" suffix, is the
actual time the packet was captured, with no date displayed
ud UTC with date: The absolute date, displayed as YYYY-MM-DD,
and time, as UTC with a "Z" suffix, is the actual time and
date the packet was captured
udoy UTC with date using day of year: The absolute date,
displayed as YYYY/DOY, and time, as UTC with a "Z" suffix, is
the actual time and date the packet was captured
.[N] Set the precision: N is the number of decimals (0 through
9). If using "." without N, automatically determine precision
from trace.
The default format is relative with precision based on capture
format.
-u <s|hms>
Specifies how packet timestamp formats in -t which are
relative times (i.e. relative, delta, and delta_displayed) are
displayed. Valid choices are:
s for seconds
hms for hours, minutes, and seconds
The default format is seconds.
--log-level <level>
Set the active log level. Supported levels in lowest to
highest order are "noisy", "debug", "info", "message",
"warning", "critical", and "error". Messages at each level and
higher will be printed, for example "warning" prints
"warning", "critical", and "error" messages and "noisy" prints
all messages. Levels are case insensitive.
--log-fatal <level>
Abort the program if any messages are logged at the specified
level or higher. For example, "warning" aborts on any
"warning", "critical", or "error" messages.
--log-domains <list>
Only print messages for the specified log domains, e.g.
"GUI,Epan,sshdump". List of domains must be comma-separated.
Can be negated with "!" as the first character (inverts the
match).
--log-debug <list>
Force the specified domains to log at the "debug" level. List
of domains must be comma-separated. Can be negated with "!" as
the first character (inverts the match).
--log-noisy <list>
Force the specified domains to log at the "noisy" level. List
of domains must be comma-separated. Can be negated with "!" as
the first character (inverts the match).
--log-fatal-domains <list>
Abort the program if any messages are logged for the specified
log domains. List of domains must be comma-separated.
--log-file <path>
Write log messages and stderr output to the specified file.
These files contain various Wireshark configuration settings.
Preferences
The preferences files contain global (system-wide) and
personal preference settings. If the system-wide preference
file exists, it is read first, overriding the default
settings. If the personal preferences file exists, it is read
next, overriding any previous values. Note: If the command
line flag -o is used (possibly more than once), it will in
turn override values from the preferences files.
The preferences settings are in the form prefname:value, one
per line, where prefname is the name of the preference and
value is the value to which it should be set; white space is
allowed between : and value. A preference setting can be
continued on subsequent lines by indenting the continuation
lines with white space. A # character starts a comment that
runs to the end of the line:
# Vertical scrollbars should be on right side?
# TRUE or FALSE (case-insensitive).
gui.scrollbar_on_right: TRUE
The global preferences file is looked for in the wireshark
directory under the share subdirectory of the main
installation directory. On macOS, this would typically be
/Application/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share; on other
UNIX-compatible systems, such as Linux, \*BSD, Solaris, and
AIX, this would typically be /usr/share/wireshark/preferences
for system-installed packages and
/usr/local/share/wireshark/preferences for locally-installed
packages; on Windows, this would typically be C:\Program
Files\Wireshark\preferences.
On UNIX-compatible systems, the personal preferences file is
looked for in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wireshark/preferences, (or, if
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wireshark does not exist while
$HOME/.wireshark does exist, $HOME/.wireshark/preferences);
this is typically $HOME/.config/wireshark/preferences. On
Windows, the personal preferences file is looked for in
%APPDATA%\Wireshark\preferences (or, if %APPDATA% isn’t
defined, %USERPROFILE%\Application
Data\Wireshark\preferences).
Note: Whenever the preferences are saved by using the Save
button in the Edit:Preferences dialog box, your personal
preferences file will be overwritten with the new settings,
destroying any comments and unknown/obsolete settings that
were in the file.
Recent
The recent file contains personal settings (mostly GUI
related) such as the current Wireshark window size. The file
is saved at program exit and read in at program start
automatically. Note: The command line flag -o may be used to
override settings from this file.
The settings in this file have the same format as in the
preferences files, and the same directory as for the personal
preferences file is used.
Note: Whenever Wireshark is closed, your recent file will be
overwritten with the new settings, destroying any comments and
unknown/obsolete settings that were in the file.
Disabled (Enabled) Protocols
The disabled_protos files contain system-wide and personal
lists of protocols that have been disabled, so that their
dissectors are never called. The files contain protocol names,
one per line, where the protocol name is the same name that
would be used in a display filter for the protocol:
http
tcp # a comment
If a protocol is listed in the global disabled_protos file it
cannot be enabled by the user. Thus it is not displayed in the
Analyze::Enabled Protocols dialog box.
The global disabled_protos file uses the same directory as the
global preferences file.
The personal disabled_protos file uses the same directory as
the personal preferences file.
The disabled_protos files list only protocols that are enabled
by default but have been disabled; protocols that are disabled
by default (such as some postdissectors) are not listed. There
are analogous enabled_protos files for protocols that are
disabled by default but have been enabled.
Note: Whenever the disabled protocols list is saved by using
the Save button in the Analyze:Enabled Protocols dialog box,
your personal disabled protocols file will be overwritten with
the new settings, destroying any comments that were in the
file.
Heuristic Dissectors
The heuristic_protos files contain system-wide and personal
lists of heuristic dissectors and indicate whether they are
enabled or disabled. The files contain heuristic dissector
unique short names, one per line, followed by a comma and 0
for disabled and 1 for enabled:
quic,1
rtcp_stun,1
rtcp_udp,1
rtp_stun,0
rtp_udp,0
tls_tcp,1
The global heuristic_protos file uses the same directory as
the global preferences file.
The personal heuristic_protos file uses the same directory as
the personal preferences file.
Name Resolution (hosts)
Entries in hosts files in the global and personal preferences
directory are used to resolve IPv4 and IPv6 addresses before
any other attempts are made to resolve them. The file has the
standard hosts file syntax; each line contains one IP address
and name, separated by whitespace. The personal hosts file, if
present, overrides the one in the global directory.
Capture filter name resolution is handled by libpcap on
UNIX-compatible systems, such as Linux, macOS, \*BSD, Solaris,
and AIX, and Npcap on Windows. As such the Wireshark personal
hosts file will not be consulted for capture filter name
resolution.
Name Resolution (subnets)
If an IPv4 address cannot be translated via name resolution
(no exact match is found) then a partial match is attempted
via the subnets file. Both the global subnets file and
personal subnets files are used if they exist.
Each line of this file consists of an IPv4 address, a subnet
mask length separated only by a / and a name separated by
whitespace. While the address must be a full IPv4 address, any
values beyond the mask length are subsequently ignored.
An example is:
# Comments must be prepended by the # sign! 192.168.0.0/24
ws_test_network
A partially matched name will be printed as
"subnet-name.remaining-address". For example, "192.168.0.1"
under the subnet above would be printed as
"ws_test_network.1"; if the mask length above had been 16
rather than 24, the printed address would be
"ws_test_network.0.1".
Name Resolution (ethers)
The ethers files are consulted to correlate 6-byte EUI-48 and
8-byte EUI-64 hardware addresses to names. First the personal
ethers file is tried and if an address is not found there the
global ethers file is tried next.
The file has a similar format to that defined by ethers(5) on
some UNIX-like systems. Each line contains one hardware
address and name, separated by whitespace (tabs or spaces).
The hexadecimal digits of the hardware address are separated
by colons (:), dashes (-) or periods (.). The same separator
character must be used consistently in an address. A #
indicates a comment that extends to the rest of the line. Both
6-byte MAC and 8-byte EUI-64 addresses are supported. The
following four lines are valid lines of an ethers file:
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Broadcast
c0-00-ff-ff-ff-ff TR_broadcast
00.00.00.00.00.00 Zero_broadcast
00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 EUI64_zero_broadcast
Note that this accepts a greater variety of formats than the
file defined by ethers(5) on most UN*X systems.
The global ethers file is looked for in the /etc directory on
UNIX-compatible systems, such as Linux, macOS, \*BSD, Solaris,
and AIX, and in the main installation directory (for example,
C:\Program Files\Wireshark) on Windows systems.
The personal ethers file is looked for in the same directory
as the personal preferences file.
Capture filter name resolution is handled by libpcap on
UNIX-compatible systems and Npcap on Windows. As such the
Wireshark personal ethers file will not be consulted for
capture filter name resolution.
Name Resolution (manuf)
The manuf file is used to match the 3-byte vendor portion of a
6-byte hardware address with the manufacturer’s name; it can
also contain well-known MAC addresses and address ranges
specified with a netmask. The format of the file is similar
the ethers files, except that entries such as:
00:00:0C Cisco Cisco Systems, Inc
can be provided, with the 3-byte OUI and both an abbreviated
and long name for a vendor, and entries such as:
00-00-0C-07-AC/40 All-HSRP-routers
can be specified, with a MAC address and a mask indicating how
many bits of the address must match. The above entry, for
example, has 40 significant bits, or 5 bytes, and would match
addresses from 00-00-0C-07-AC-00 through 00-00-0C-07-AC-FF.
The mask need not be a multiple of 8.
A global manuf file is looked for in the same directory as the
global preferences file, and a personal manuf file is looked
for in the same directory as the personal preferences file.
In earlier versions of Wireshark, official information from
the IEEE Registration Authority was distributed in this format
as the global manuf file. This information is now compiled in
to speed program startup, but the internal information can be
written out in this format with tshark -G manuf.
In addition to the manuf file, another file with the same
format, wka, is looked for in the global directory. This file
is distributed with Wireshark, and contains data about
well-known MAC adddresses and address ranges assembled from
various non IEEE but respected sources.
Name Resolution (services)
The services file is used to translate port numbers into
names. Both the global services file and personal services
files are used if they exist.
The file has the standard services file syntax; each line
contains one (service) name and one transport identifier
separated by white space. The transport identifier includes
one port number and one transport protocol name (typically
tcp, udp, or sctp) separated by a /.
An example is:
mydns 5045/udp # My own Domain Name Server mydns
5045/tcp # My own Domain Name Server
In earlier versions of Wireshark, official information from
the IANA Registry was distributed in this format as the global
services file. This information is now compiled in to speed
program startup, but the internal information can be written
out in this format with tshark -G services.
Name Resolution (ipxnets)
The ipxnets files are used to correlate 4-byte IPX network
numbers to names. First the global ipxnets file is tried and
if that address is not found there the personal one is tried
next.
The format is the same as the ethers file, except that each
address is four bytes instead of six. Additionally, the
address can be represented as a single hexadecimal number, as
is more common in the IPX world, rather than four hex octets.
For example, these four lines are valid lines of an ipxnets
file:
C0.A8.2C.00 HR
c0-a8-1c-00 CEO
00:00:BE:EF IT_Server1
110f FileServer3
The global ipxnets file is looked for in the /etc directory on
UNIX-compatible systems, such as Linux, macOS, \*BSD, Solaris,
and AIX, and in the main installation directory (for example,
C:\Program Files\Wireshark) on Windows systems.
The personal ipxnets file is looked for in the same directory
as the personal preferences file.
Name Resolution (ss7pcs)
The ss7pcs file is used to translate SS7 point codes to names.
It is read from the personal configuration directory.
Each line in this file consists of one network indicator
followed by a dash followed by a point code in decimal and a
node name separated by whitespace. An example is:
2-1234 MyPointCode1
Name Resolution (vlans)
The vlans file is used to translate VLAN tag IDs into names.
It is read from the personal configuration directory.
Each line in this file consists of one VLAN tag ID separated
by whitespace from a name. An example is:
123 Server-Lan
2049 HR-Client-LAN
Capture Filters
The cfilters files contain system-wide and personal capture
filters. Each line contains one filter, starting with the
string displayed in the dialog box in quotation marks,
followed by the filter string itself:
"HTTP" port 80
"DCERPC" port 135
The global cfilters file uses the same directory as the global
preferences file.
The personal cfilters file uses the same directory as the
personal preferences file. It is written through the
Capture:Capture Filters dialog.
If the global cfilters file exists, it is used only if the
personal cfilters file does not exist; global and personal
capture filters are not merged.
Display Filters
The dfilters files contain system-wide and personal display
filters. Each line contains one filter, starting with the
string displayed in the dialog box in quotation marks,
followed by the filter string itself:
"HTTP" http
"DCERPC" dcerpc
The global dfilters file uses the same directory as the global
preferences file.
The personal dfilters file uses the same directory as the
personal preferences file. It is written through the
Analyze:Display Filters dialog.
If the global dfilters file exists, it is used only if the
personal dfilters file does not exist; global and personal
display filters are not merged.
Display Filter Macros
The dmacros files contain system-wide and personal display
filter macros. Each line contains one filter, starting with
the string displayed in the dialog box in quotation marks,
followed by the macro expression itself:
"private_ipv6" ipv6 && $1 == fc00::/7
"private_ethernet" $1[0] & 0x0F == 2
"private_ipv4" $1 == 192.168.0.0/16 or $1 == 172.16.0.0/12 or $1 == 10.0.0.0/8
The global dmacros file uses the same directory as the global
preferences file.
The personal dmacros file uses the same directory as the
personal preferences file. It is written through the
Analyze:Display Filter Macros dialog.
If the global dmacros file exists, it is used only if the
personal dmacros file does not exist; global and personal
display filters are not merged.
Prior to Wireshark 4.4, a dfilter_macros file with a somewhat
different syntax was used. That file is looked for at startup
if a dmacros file is not found and used to migrate to the new
format.
Color Filters (Coloring Rules)
The colorfilters files contain system-wide and personal color
filters. Each line contains one filter, starting with the
string displayed in the dialog box, followed by the
corresponding display filter. Then the background and
foreground colors are appended:
# a comment
@tcp@tcp@[59345,58980,65534][0,0,0]
@udp@udp@[28834,57427,65533][0,0,0]
The global colorfilters file uses the same directory as the
global preferences file.
The personal colorfilters file uses the same directory as the
personal preferences file. It is written through the
View:Coloring Rules dialog.
If the global colorfilters file exists, it is used only if the
personal colorfilters file does not exist; global and personal
color filters are not merged.
Plugins
Wireshark looks for plugins in both a personal plugin folder
and a global plugin folder.
On UNIX-compatible systems, such as Linux, macOS, \*BSD,
Solaris, and AIX, the global plugin directory is
lib/wireshark/plugins/ (on some systems substitute lib64 for
lib) under the main installation directory (for example,
/usr/local/lib/wireshark/plugins/). The personal plugin
directory is $HOME/.local/lib/wireshark/plugins.
On macOS, if Wireshark is installed as an application bundle,
the global plugin folder is instead
%APPDIR%/Contents/PlugIns/wireshark.
On Windows, the global plugin folder is plugins/ under the
main installation directory (for example, C:\Program
Files\Wireshark\plugins\). The personal plugin folder is
%APPDATA%\Wireshark\plugins (or, if %APPDATA% isn’t defined,
%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Wireshark\plugins).
Lua plugins are stored in the plugin folders; compiled plugins
are stored in subfolders of the plugin folders, with the
subfolder name being the Wireshark minor version number (X.Y).
There is another hierarchical level for each Wireshark plugin
type (libwireshark, libwiretap and codecs). For example, the
location for a libwireshark plugin foo.so (foo.dll on Windows)
would be PLUGINDIR/X.Y/epan (libwireshark used to be called
libepan; the other folder names are codecs and wiretap).
Note
On UNIX-compatible systems, Lua plugins (but not binary
plugins) may also be placed in
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wireshark/plugins, (or, if
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wireshark does not exist while
$HOME/.wireshark does exist, $HOME/.wireshark/plugins.)
Note that a dissector plugin module may support more than one
protocol; there is not necessarily a one-to-one correspondence
between dissector plugin modules and protocols. Protocols
supported by a dissector plugin module are enabled and
disabled in the same way as protocols built into Wireshark.
WIRESHARK_CONFIG_DIR
This environment variable overrides the location of personal
configuration files. On UNIX-compatible systems, such as
Linux, macOS, \*BSD, Solaris, and AIX, it defaults to
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wireshark (or, if that directory doesn’t
exist but $HOME/.wireshark does exist, $HOME/.wireshark); this
is typically $HOME/.config/wireshark. On Windows, it defaults
to %APPDATA%\Wireshark (or, if %APPDATA% isn’t defined,
%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Wireshark). Available since
Wireshark 3.0.
WIRESHARK_DEBUG_WMEM_OVERRIDE
Setting this environment variable forces the wmem framework to
use the specified allocator backend for all allocations,
regardless of which backend is normally specified by the code.
This is mainly useful to developers when testing or debugging.
See README.wmem in the source distribution for details.
WIRESHARK_RUN_FROM_BUILD_DIRECTORY
This environment variable causes the plugins and other data
files to be loaded from the build directory (where the program
was compiled) rather than from the standard locations. It has
no effect when the program in question is running with root
(or setuid) permissions on UNIX-compatible systems, such as
Linux, macOS, \*BSD, Solaris, and AIX.
WIRESHARK_DATA_DIR
This environment variable causes the various data files to be
loaded from a directory other than the standard locations. It
has no effect when the program in question is running with
root (or setuid) permissions on UNIX-compatible systems.
WIRESHARK_EXTCAP_DIR
This environment variable causes the various extcap programs
and scripts to be run from a directory other than the standard
locations. It has no effect when the program in question is
running with root (or setuid) permissions on UNIX-compatible
systems.
WIRESHARK_PLUGIN_DIR
This environment variable causes the various plugins to be
loaded from a directory other than the standard locations. It
has no effect when the program in question is running with
root (or setuid) permissions on UNIX-compatible systems.
WIRESHARK_ABORT_ON_DISSECTOR_BUG
If this environment variable is set, Stratoshark will call
abort(3) when a dissector bug is encountered. abort(3) will
cause the program to exit abnormally; if you are running
Stratoshark in a debugger, it should halt in the debugger and
allow inspection of the process, and, if you are not running
it in a debugger, it will, on some OSes, assuming your
environment is configured correctly, generate a core dump
file. This can be useful to developers attempting to
troubleshoot a problem with a protocol dissector.
WIRESHARK_ABORT_ON_TOO_MANY_ITEMS
If this environment variable is set, Stratoshark will call
abort(3) if a dissector tries to add too many items to a tree
(generally this is an indication of the dissector not breaking
out of a loop soon enough). abort(3) will cause the program to
exit abnormally; if you are running Stratoshark in a debugger,
it should halt in the debugger and allow inspection of the
process, and, if you are not running it in a debugger, it
will, on some OSes, assuming your environment is configured
correctly, generate a core dump file. This can be useful to
developers attempting to troubleshoot a problem with a
protocol dissector.
WIRESHARK_QUIT_AFTER_CAPTURE
Cause Stratoshark to exit after the end of the capture
session. This doesn’t automatically start a capture; you must
still use -k to do that. You must also specify an autostop
condition, e.g. -c or -a duration:.... This means that you
will not be able to see the results of the capture after it
stops; it’s primarily useful for testing.
WIRESHARK_LOG_LEVEL
This environment variable controls the verbosity of diagnostic
messages to the console. From less verbose to most verbose
levels can be critical, warning, message, info, debug or
noisy. Levels above the current level are also active. Levels
critical and error are always active.
WIRESHARK_LOG_FATAL
Sets the fatal log level. Fatal log levels cause the program
to abort. This level can be set to Error, critical or warning.
Error is always fatal and is the default.
WIRESHARK_LOG_DOMAINS
This environment variable selects which log domains are
active. The filter is given as a case-insensitive comma
separated list. If set only the included domains will be
enabled. The default domain is always considered to be
enabled. Domain filter lists can be preceded by '!' to invert
the sense of the match.
WIRESHARK_LOG_DEBUG
List of domains with debug log level. This sets the level of
the provided log domains and takes precedence over the active
domains filter. If preceded by '!' this disables the debug
level instead.
WIRESHARK_LOG_NOISY
Same as above but for noisy log level instead.
Stratoshark would not be the powerful, featureful application it
is without the generous contributions of hundreds of developers.
A complete list of authors can be found in the AUTHORS file in
Wireshark’s source code repository.
wireshark-filter(4), tshark(1), editcap(1), dumpcap(1),
mergecap(1)
This is the manual page for Stratoshark 0.9.3. The latest version
of Stratoshark can be found at https://stratoshark.org/.
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