Ethereal-users: [ethereal-users] Re: Problems running Ethereal 0.4.1

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From: "Jurij Smakov" <jurijus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 18 Oct 1998 14:13:33 -0000
Hello!

I know, it sounds lame, but I can't figure it out.
I've recently compiled Ethereal 0.4.1 on Redhat 5.1 system. When I try to initiate capture, I'm
getting an error, saying, that capture session
couldn't be initiated and I either don't have
enough privileges or the interface name is wrong.
Here's my config:

[tools]$ cd ethereal-0.4.1/
[ethereal-0.4.1]$ ls -l ethereal
-rwsr-xr-x   1 jurijus  users     1241432 Oct 17 15:28 ethereal
[ethereal-0.4.1]$ netstat -i
Kernel Interface table
Iface     MTU Met  RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR  TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flags
lo       3584   0     75      0      0      0     75      0      0      0 BLRU
eth0     1500   0   6559      0      0      0    359      0      0      0 BRU
[ethereal-0.4.1]$ uname -a
Linux <name skipped> 2.0.35 #1 Tue Jul 14 23:56:39 EDT 1998 i686 unknown

The interface I'm specifying is eth0 (btw, it's the
only interface available from Interface pull-down
menu. As you can see, ethereal executable is
suid-root. What am I doing wrong (isn't this
pathetic ;) ?

Regards,

Jurij

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