Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 20:53:47 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za> To: "Alain G. Fabry" <fabry@panam.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sniffit can't open device Message-ID: <19981005205347.A22378@rucus.ru.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <019901bdee47$2bd80cf0$5531d5c6@earth.coserve.org>; from Alain G. Fabry on Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 03:56:48PM -0500 References: <019901bdee47$2bd80cf0$5531d5c6@earth.coserve.org>
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On Fri 1998-10-02 (15:56), Alain G. Fabry wrote: > Why can't it open the de0? > > #sniffit -F de0 -t ip-address > Forcing device to de0 (user requested)... > Make sure you have read the docs carefully. > Couldn't open device. Do you have BPFILTERs compiled into your kernel? Also, do /dev/bpf* exist. (cd /dev && sh MAKEDEV bpf[012]) Finally, do you have _enough_ bpf's compiled in and devices made for them? Each process such as arpwatch, sniffit, etc, uses a new bpf device. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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