start it as root (normally just add symon to pkg_scripts in rc.conf.local, assuming your OS is up to date).
it drops privileges *after* opening /dev/pf, _symon is and should be unprivileged. On 2011-11-04, f5b <f...@163.com> wrote: > symon monitor pf? > > http://wpd.home.xs4all.nl/symon/documentation.html > > Installation notes >================== > > Privileges >========== > symux needs read and write access to its rrdfiles. > > symon needs to interface with your kernel. Depending on your host system this > leads to different privilege requirements: > > OpenBSD: - no privs: cpu, debug, df, if, io, mbuf, mem, proc, sensor > - rw on /dev/pf for pf > > now I want to monitor pf, so we must grant user(_symon) rw Privileges to > /dev/pf? > why need write Privilege? only read Privilege may work? > > Will you suggest a workaround?
