Re: [tcpdump-workers] Libpcap and Super User mode

2004-06-30 Thread Guy Harris
On Jun 30, 2004, at 10:00 AM, Jefferson Ogata wrote: More specifically, you can use libpcap as any user. On most systems, you have to be root, however, to monitor traffic on a network interface. I.e., you can use libpcap to read a capture file as any user (if that user has permission to read the

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Libpcap and Super User mode

2004-06-30 Thread Jefferson Ogata
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to write a program using libpcap that doesnt need to be run in super user mode, and if there is how would that be done. Everything that i have seen that uses libpcap has to be in su mode At least on BSD based systems, it depends on readability of the /dev/bp

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Libpcap and Super User mode

2004-06-30 Thread sthaug
> Is it possible to write a program using libpcap that doesnt need to be run in super > user mode, and if there is how would that be done. Everything that i have seen that > uses libpcap has to be in su mode At least on BSD based systems, it depends on readability of the /dev/bpf* devices and n

[tcpdump-workers] Libpcap and Super User mode

2004-06-30 Thread Bowser Jason S Contr AFRL/IFTA
Title: Message Hello everyone   Is it possible to write a program using libpcap that doesnt need to be run in super user mode, and if there is how would that be done.  Everything that i have seen that uses libpcap has to be in su mode   jason