Luis EG Ontanon wrote:
>On 8/12/07, Misc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Luis EG Ontanon wrote:
>> Not yet, but this will be minority. And with being able to bring
>>all one's personal soft on a usb stick, you can in fact have
>>multi-user computers where everyone is just using their own
>>portabl
Misc wrote:
> With computers becoming very cheap, we're at the stage where each
> "user" has his/her own computer.
Not necessarily in, say, a network lab.
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On 8/12/07, Misc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Luis EG Ontanon wrote:
> Not yet, but this will be minority. And with being able to bring all
> one's personal soft on a usb stick, you can in fact have multi-user
> computers where everyone is just using their own portable soft from
> their USB sticks.
Luis EG Ontanon wrote:
>> With computers becoming very cheap, we're at the stage where each
>> "user" has his/her own computer. Hence no need to share one machine
>> between several users (which usually results in a total mess, not
>> resolvable by different AppData folders anyway) :)
>
>Well, I w
Ulf Lamping wrote:
>>
>No, at least I'm talking about existing U3 Wireshark package here.
>Where did you found the word "portable"?
OK, but we ARE talking about U3 package, not the standard distro.
>> Or at least it's "supposed" to be portable, and being advertized as
>> designed for USB stic
> With computers becoming very cheap, we're at the stage where each
> "user" has his/her own computer. Hence no need to share one machine
> between several users (which usually results in a total mess, not
> resolvable by different AppData folders anyway) :)
Well, I work in an environment (Mobile
Misc schrieb:
> Guy Harris wrote:
>
>
>> Misc wrote:
>>
>>
>>> With truly portable application, you just put it somewhere and it
>>> works, with all its prior settings intact. That's what I need. I
>>> understand that I'd still have to correct the path in -P switch
>>> every time I move Wi
Ulf Lamping wrote:
>Some time ago, John T. Haller from that page asked for a portable
>version of Wireshark - exactly for that reason, I've introduced the
>-P option ;-)
So I have you to thank for this life-saver switch :)
>P.S: a portable version could also serve as the "zip only" Win32
>versi
Guy Harris wrote:
>...unless you have multiple users on the machine using the same
>application, in which case their settings are shared, whether they
>want that or not. (And, yes, that happens even with Windows.) It's
>not as if portable is all benefits and no costs
>
>(There's also the qu
Guy Harris wrote:
>Misc wrote:
>
>> With truly portable application, you just put it somewhere and it
>> works, with all its prior settings intact. That's what I need. I
>> understand that I'd still have to correct the path in -P switch
>>every time I move Wireshark to a different folder. So I gu
And, what if the directory is not writable by an user... (I personally
believe it should not be just to avoid single users messing with what
others have to use)
On 8/12/07, Guy Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Misc wrote:
>
> > Regular (non-U3) portable applications:
> > 1. Do not write to Wind
Misc wrote:
> Regular (non-U3) portable applications:
> 1. Do not write to Windows Registry. That is a must.
Wireshark doesn't do that (although that's mainly a result of it having
been written as a UN*X application).
> 2. Do not write to system, AppData, and other folders outside of their
> ow
Guy Harris schrieb:
> Ulf Lamping wrote:
>
>
>> No. For an U3 package, you'll need an U3 stick to work properly. The U3
>> system will set some special U3 environment variables and that's the
>> problem here.
>>
>
> So how are non-U3 portable applications produced for Windows? Are
> spe
Misc wrote:
> With truly portable application, you just put it somewhere and it
> works, with all its prior settings intact. That's what I need. I
> understand that I'd still have to correct the path in -P switch every
> time I move Wireshark to a different folder. So I guess it's not TRULY
> PORT
Guy Harris wrote:
>Ulf Lamping wrote:
>
>> No. For an U3 package, you'll need an U3 stick to work properly.
>>The U3 system will set some special U3 environment variables and
>>that's the problem here.
>
>So how are non-U3 portable applications produced for Windows? Are
>special builds done, o
Ulf Lamping wrote:
>
>You can use -P command line option to adjust the personal folders,
>see
>http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/ChCustCommandLine.html
>
Thank you!!! I actually searched wireshark help guide (and Google, and
wireshark wiki, and a bunch of other palces) but couldn't
Ulf Lamping wrote:
> No. For an U3 package, you'll need an U3 stick to work properly. The U3
> system will set some special U3 environment variables and that's the
> problem here.
So how are non-U3 portable applications produced for Windows? Are
special builds done, or is the application othe
Misc schrieb:
> Ulf Lamping wrote:
>
>
>>>
>>>
>> What does Help/About/Folders show?
>>
>> Regards, ULFL
>>
>
> "Personal configuration" and "Personal Plugins" point to AppData under
> User Profile (in Documents & Settings). And that is precisely what the
> problem is. How can I p
Ulf Lamping wrote:
>>
>>
>What does Help/About/Folders show?
>
>Regards, ULFL
"Personal configuration" and "Personal Plugins" point to AppData under
User Profile (in Documents & Settings). And that is precisely what the
problem is. How can I point it to my USB drive?
"Global Configuration" an
Misc schrieb:
> Misc wrote:
>
>
>> Portable Wireshark stores settings in "Application Data". Is this even
>> U3 compliant? :(
>>
>> How can I make it to store its "preferences" on the USB drive. In the
>> "Options" there is no place to specify where to store settings.
>>
>
> It says portabl
Misc wrote:
>Portable Wireshark stores settings in "Application Data". Is this even
>U3 compliant? :(
>
>How can I make it to store its "preferences" on the USB drive. In the
>"Options" there is no place to specify where to store settings.
It says portable wireshark is supposed to store its "prof
Guy Harris wrote:
>Misc wrote:
>> Is there a portable wireshark?
>
>There's an experimental U3 package:
>
> http://www.u3.com/
>
>that's linked to from the Wireshark download page:
>
> http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
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Guy Harris wrote:
>Misc wrote:
>> Is there a portable wireshark?
>
>There's an experimental U3 package:
>
> http://www.u3.com/
>
>that's linked to from the Wireshark download page:
>
> http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
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Misc wrote:
> Is there a portable wireshark?
There's an experimental U3 package:
http://www.u3.com/
that's linked to from the Wireshark download page:
http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
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