tcpdump needs no root privileges

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

Re: tcpdump needs no root privileges

or: otto; state: Exp; lines: +24 -30 Only allow root to run tcpdump. It's needed for the chroot security. ok moritz@ deraadt@ On 3/19/06, Joachim Schipper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 07:43:46PM +0300, Alex B wrote: > > Hello. > > > > Whe

Re: OpenBSD's 10th birthday

Happy birthday from Russia!! -- --- WBR, Alex V Breger, MIPT