Re: [tcpdump-workers] Running multiple instances of tcpdump

2008-01-04 Thread Rick Jones
Because HP-UX doesn't support more than one process putting a particular interface into promiscuous mode at a time, so you can't have two instances of tcpdump (or any other application using promiscuous mode) running on the same interface at the same time. I am reliably informed that this limi

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Running multiple instances of tcpdump

2008-01-04 Thread Guy Harris
Ravindranath, Chavalam wrote: When I tried a single instance of tcpdump, it worked fine, and I don't even have to specify the interface I want to monitor. When I left this first instance running and started another one, I got the message "tcpdump: no suitable device found". According to the info

[tcpdump-workers] Running multiple instances of tcpdump

2008-01-04 Thread Ravindranath, Chavalam
Hi, I have built tcpdump on hpux platform, created and installed the depot. When I tried a single instance of tcpdump, it worked fine, and I don't even have to specify the interface I want to monitor. When I left this first instance running and started another one, I got the message "tcpdump: no