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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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