From owner-freebsd-security Tue Feb 2 12:59:47 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA01897 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 12:59:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from emu.sourcee.com (emu.sourcee.com [205.181.251.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA01888 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 12:59:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nrice@emu.sourcee.com) Received: (from nrice@localhost) by emu.sourcee.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id PAA17032; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 15:59:24 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 15:59:24 -0500 From: "Norman C. Rice" To: Bill Woodford Cc: ML FreeBSD Security Subject: Re: tcpdump Message-ID: <19990202155924.A16927@emu.sourcee.com> References: <19990202153458.A1152@cc181716-a.hwrd1.md.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: <19990202153458.A1152@cc181716-a.hwrd1.md.home.com>; from Bill Woodford on Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 03:34:58PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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