Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] Superuser???

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From: Laurent Deniel <deniel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 17:56:11 +0200
C Poulkas wrote:
> 
> Hallo,
> 
> I would like to install the ehtereal anlayzer on a solaris unix system.
> Do I have to have superuser privileges to do it?

Usually capturing network packets requires superuser privileges. But if the
appropriate network device has the correct rights, a simple user can use
ethereal. The appropriate device is machine-dependent but should be /dev/dlpi
on solaris ? (I don't have a solaris box here to check that).

> What about the tcpdump program?

tcpdump and ethereal uses the libpcap library to capture network packets.
 
Laurent.

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