Re: sarge, ethereal, tcpdump
Quoting Freddy Freeloader <fredddy@cableone.net>:
> connection errors. Since I've upgraded to sarge I get the following
> error when attempting to use tcpdump: get i f addrs: connection refused.
>
> I have what I'm assuming to be is related in ethereal too. When
> attempting to do a packet capture the "interface" menu box is empty and
> ethereal hangs at that point. So, I'm assuming that both tcpdump and
> ethereal are both being denied access to my ethernet connections.
> Anyone know if these are known bugs or do I just have something
> misconfigured? Everything worked perfectly under woody, and I've done
> nothing different than I did with woody so I'm assuming these are bugs,
> but as a noob I'm not positive.
I'm using both tcpdump and ethereal on both sarge and sid, so
there must be a problem with your setup. Are you root? Only
root is allowed to capture. Do you have a stock Debian kernel
or a home-brew kernel? Maybe your .config is missing sth...
Cheers, WB
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