Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 14:53:50 -0700 From: Jay Doscher <JDoscher@vid-h2o.org> To: 'Tony Lynn' <wing@cc.nsysu.edu.tw>, "'security@FreeBSD.ORG'" <security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: nmap needs bfp ? Message-ID: <D118E1C03C10D211BF6A00805FFE496214D468@VIDNT2>
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Normally nmap does not need root priv's. For certain functions sucj as OS
detection however, you must be root.
Jay
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From: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
[mailto:owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Tony Lynn
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 1:29 PM
To: security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: RE: nmap needs bfp ?
well , I think he didn't run nmap with root priviledge.
> > Does nmap need bfp ?
> > I was running it on my 3.2 system!
> > Suddenly it stop working, complaining it needs bfp, but did it happen?
> > I did not rebuild my kernel, the kernel is the same, i did no changes to
> > the kernel!
> Maybe there is another app, that uses bpf. trafshow, ntop are using bpf.
> If so simply increase amount of bpf devices in kernel config
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