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Appendix
A.
Configuration
(and
other) Files and Folders
Ethereal uses a number of files and folders while it is running. Some of these reside in the personal
configuration folder and are used to maintain information between runs of Ethereal, while some of
them are maintained in system areas.
configuration folder and are used to maintain information between runs of Ethereal, while some of
them are maintained in system areas.
Tip
A list of the folders Ethereal actually uses can be found under the Folders tab in the
dialog box coming up, when you select About Ethereal from the Help menu.
dialog box coming up, when you select About Ethereal from the Help menu.
The content format of the configuration files is the same on all platforms. However, to match the
different policies for unix and windows platforms, different folders for these files are used.
different policies for unix and windows platforms, different folders for these files are used.
Table A.1. Configuration files and folders overview
File/Folder
Description
Unix/Linux
folders
folders
Windows folders
preferences
Settings from the
Preferences dialog
box.
Preferences dialog
box.
/etc/ethereal.conf,
$HOME/.ethereal/
preferences
$HOME/.ethereal/
preferences
%ETHEREAL%\ethereal.conf,
%APPDATA%\Ethereal\preferences
%APPDATA%\Ethereal\preferences
recent
Recent GUI set-
tings (e.g. recent
files lists).
tings (e.g. recent
files lists).
$HOME/.ethereal/
recent
recent
%APPDATA%\Ethereal\recent
cfilters
Capture filters.
$HOME/.ethereal/
cfilters
cfilters
%ETHEREAL%\cfilters,
%APPDATA%\Ethereal\cfilters
%APPDATA%\Ethereal\cfilters
dfilters
Display filters.
$HOME/.ethereal/
dfilters
dfilters
%ETHEREAL%\dfilters,
%APPDATA%\Ethereal\dfilters
%APPDATA%\Ethereal\dfilters
colorfilters
Coloring rules.
$HOME/.ethereal/
colorfilters
colorfilters
%ETHEREAL%\colorfilters,
%APPDATA%\Ethereal\colorfilters
%APPDATA%\Ethereal\colorfilters
dis-
abled_protos
abled_protos
Disabled
proto-
cols.
$HOME/.ethereal/
disabled_protos
disabled_protos
%ETHEREAL%\disabled_protos,
%APPDATA%\Ethereal\disabled_protos
%APPDATA%\Ethereal\disabled_protos
ethers
Ethernet name res-
olution.
olution.
/etc/ethers,
$HOME/.ethereal/
ethers
$HOME/.ethereal/
ethers
%ETHEREAL%\ethers,
%APPDATA%\Ethereal\ethers
%APPDATA%\Ethereal\ethers
manuf
Ethernet name res-
olution.
olution.
/etc/manuf
%ETHEREAL%\manuf
hosts
IPv4
and
IPv6
name resolution.
$HOME/.ethereal/
hosts
hosts
%APPDATA%\hosts
ipxnets
IPX name resolu-
tion.
tion.
$HOME/.ethereal/
ipxnets
ipxnets
%ETHEREAL%\ipxnets
plugins
Plugin directories. /
usr/
share/ethere-
al/plugins,
share/ethere-
al/plugins,
/
usr/loc-
al/
share/ethere-
al/plugins,
$HOME/.ethereal/
plugins
al/
share/ethere-
al/plugins,
$HOME/.ethereal/
plugins
%ETHEREAL%\plugins\<version>,
%APPDATA%\Ethereal\plugins
%APPDATA%\Ethereal\plugins
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