Public bug reported: nethogs fails with "creating socket failed while establishing local IP - are you root?" even when you're root.
root@drone:~# nethogs eno1 creating socket failed while establishing local IP - are you root? root@drone:~# nethogs eno2 creating socket failed while establishing local IP - are you root? root@drone:~# user@drone:~$ sudo nethogs eno1 creating socket failed while establishing local IP - are you root? user@drone:~$ sudo nethogs eno2 creating socket failed while establishing local IP - are you root? 1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' user@drone:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch) Release: 16.04 2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' user@drone:~$ apt-cache policy nethogs nethogs: Installed: 0.8.0-1build1 Candidate: 0.8.0-1build1 Version table: *** 0.8.0-1build1 500 500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) What you expected to happen Nethogs should launch and show the programs using the network. 4) What happened instead Nethogs failed to launch. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: nethogs 0.8.0-1build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-2.16-generic 4.4.0 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-2-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Feb 8 23:44:20 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-08 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160208) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nethogs UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: nethogs (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543303 Title: "creating socket failed while establishing local IP - are you root?" even when root To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nethogs/+bug/1543303/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs