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Date:      Wed, 26 Sep 2001 21:42:42 -0500
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To:        Parker Brown <phbrown@charter.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dhclient: send_packet: Permission Denied 
Message-ID:  <200109270242.f8R2ggw27889@grumpy.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from Parker Brown <phbrown@charter.net>  of "Wed, 26 Sep 2001 19:15:08 PDT." <3BB28BAC.84AD1E00@charter.net> 

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Parker Brown writes:
> 
> No, I set it to 4, and the /dev/bp*'s are there, too.

/dev/bp* is only a filespace hook to find bpf from an application. Does
not mean the (pseudo-)device is really in the kernel or not. It has to
be compiled into the kernel with an entry as shown below:

[...]

> > # The `bpf' pseudo-device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
> > # Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
> > # required for dhclient DHCP (dmk 10/16/2000)
> > pseudo-device   bpf             #Berkeley packet filter

-- 
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net
=====================================================================
The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its
capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.



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