Re: sarge, ethereal, tcpdump
According to Freddy Freeloader,
> W. Borgert wrote:
>
> >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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Yes, I'm running as root.
>
> Yes, I'm running a stock Debian kernel. Building a customer kernel is
> a little beyond my Linux skills at the moment.
>
> Just what .config file are you referring to? There are a whole lot of
> .conf files on my machine.
.config is the file that determines how your kernel is
built. Relevant only if you built your own.
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