Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] The Capture session could not be initiated (( no devices found) /dev/bfp0: Permis

[Michael Tuexen <Michael.Tuexen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ray,

you can give anyone read access to the bpf devices via
sudo chmod uog+r /dev/bpf?
This means that ALL users can sniff packets until the machine is
rebooted.

Best regards
Michael

On Jun 10, 2004, at 11:39 PM, Ray Mason wrote:

> I’m trying to run ethereal on my MAC running OSX 10.3 and it looks 
> like this device does not exist.  I found the following on one of your 
> FAQ’s:
>
>  
>
> On BSD, note that you need to have BPF support enabled in your kernel; 
> see the documentation for your system for information on how to enable 
> BPF support (if it's not enabled by default on your system).
>
> Do you have any notes on how I can enable this support on OSX 10.3?
>
>  
>
> ray
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>  
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> Ray Mason
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> 650-390-4071
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