On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 08:41:00PM -0300, Martín Ferrari wrote: > OK, I've read it, but I still don't get three things: > > - why ifconfig can set promisc mode and then get it right?
if you set promisc over the old ioctl interface, then it is reported by the kernel correctly. > - why iproute does the same as ifconfig, and doesn't work as said in the > thread? I think ip does not the same, it uses netdev instead of ioctl. Not sure if something has changed for ip. > - what is the interface that should be used to report correctly > promisc mode when tcpdump is running?? Thats a good question :) I guess a solution would be to export the counter to userspace (which would most likely be done with netlink or sysfs) and then print it. I think a short time for for this issue could be to update the man page (and have a look in root kit detectors, they usually can tell when the system is in promisc) Gruss Bernd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
