Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 15:59:24 -0500 From: "Norman C. Rice" <nrice@emu.sourcee.com> To: Bill Woodford <woodford@cc181716-a.hwrd1.md.home.com> Cc: ML FreeBSD Security <security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: tcpdump Message-ID: <19990202155924.A16927@emu.sourcee.com> In-Reply-To: <19990202153458.A1152@cc181716-a.hwrd1.md.home.com>; from Bill Woodford on Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 03:34:58PM -0500 References: <19990202153458.A1152@cc181716-a.hwrd1.md.home.com>
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On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 03:34:58PM -0500, Bill Woodford wrote: > Forgive my ignorance, but I built tcpdump (3.4a3) and libcap (0.4a1) and > it built beautifully. I read the docs, and that mentioned a few things to > watch out for. However, when I run tcpdump (as root), it gives me: > > tcpdump: /dev/bpf0: Device not configured > > I did a little reading, and realize it's possible that my NIC may not > support it (it's a 3com 3c509 combo), but how would one tell. Can anyone > enlighten me as to the true nature of this error? Im running natd/ipfw, > would that interfere with the functioning of tcpdump? Any help would be > appreciated. Thanks. Add pseudo-device bpfilter 4 to your kernel config file, build and install a new kernel. You may also need to create the bpf devices. cd /dev ./MAKEDEV bpf0 bpf1 bpf2 bpf3 -- Regards, Norman C. Rice, Jr. > > -- > Bill Woodford * woodford@cc181716-a.hwrd1.md.home.com * ICQ:14076169 > "Windows Multitasking: Messing up several things at once." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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