Re: tcpdump needs no root privileges

2006-03-19 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006, eric wrote: > On Sun, 2006-03-19 at 20:18:11 +0300, Alex B proclaimed... > > > Hello. > > > > Yes, I'm certain. It is the first check after start. So, it doesn't > > depend on my > > command line. > > > > Take a look on "Privelege sepation", > > http://undeadly.org/cgi?acti

Re: tcpdump needs no root privileges

2006-03-19 Thread eric
On Sun, 2006-03-19 at 20:18:11 +0300, Alex B proclaimed... > Hello. > > Yes, I'm certain. It is the first check after start. So, it doesn't > depend on my > command line. > > Take a look on "Privelege sepation", > http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20040220120426 > It worked till 3.7.

Re: tcpdump needs no root privileges

2006-03-19 Thread Alex B
Hello. Yes, I'm certain. It is the first check after start. So, it doesn't depend on my command line. Take a look on "Privelege sepation", http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20040220120426 I've found commit: revision 1.22 date: 2005/09/23 15:42:51; author: otto; state: Exp; lines: +2

Re: tcpdump needs no root privileges

2006-03-19 Thread Sigfred Håversen
Joachim Schipper wrote: On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 07:43:46PM +0300, Alex B wrote: Hello. When started from user, tcpdump complains: "need root privileges", even if I want it to read packets from regular file. Error is located in privsep.c. It may be more secure to start tcpdump from user to deco

Re: tcpdump needs no root privileges

2006-03-19 Thread jared r r spiegel
On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 05:59:23PM +0100, Joachim Schipper wrote: > On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 07:43:46PM +0300, Alex B wrote: > > Hello. > > > > When started from user, tcpdump complains: "need root privileges", even if I > > want it to read packets from regular file. > > Error is located in privsep

Re: tcpdump needs no root privileges

2006-03-19 Thread Joachim Schipper
On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 07:43:46PM +0300, Alex B wrote: > Hello. > > When started from user, tcpdump complains: "need root privileges", even if I > want it to read packets from regular file. > Error is located in privsep.c. > It may be more secure to start tcpdump from user to decode packets. Are

tcpdump needs no root privileges

2006-03-19 Thread Alex B
Hello. When started from user, tcpdump complains: "need root privileges", even if I want it to read packets from regular file. Error is located in privsep.c. It may be more secure to start tcpdump from user to decode packets. -- WBR, Alex V Breger