Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] snmp_set_suffix_only and RH6.2

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 00:19:03 -0700
On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 01:03:58PM -0500, JHatfield@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Excuse my ignorance, I'm new to linux.  I'm getting the snmp_set_suffix_only
> error when trying to run ethereal.  I've installed the latest Ethereal
> (.8.11) and I've downloaded and installed the appropriate libs according to
> the manual.  The manual refers to setting a symlink to resolve this.  How
> (and where?) do I create the symlink?

I've updated the FAQ to indicate how to create the symlink; to create
the symlink, you become root, and then do

	ln -s libsnmp.so.0 /usr/lib/libsnmp.so

I've also just checked in a change that should obviate the need to do
that, and, hopefully, does so without introducing other problems.