Re: Libpcap and Super User mode

[Jefferson Ogata <Jefferson.Ogata () noaa gov>]

sthaug () nethelp no wrote:
> > Is it possible to write a program using libpcap that doesnt need to be run in super user mode, and if there is how 
> > would that be done.  Everything that i have seen that uses libpcap has to be in su mode
>
> At least on BSD based systems, it depends on readability of the /dev/bpf*
> devices and not on super user mode. Normally /dev/bpf* is only readable
> by root, but you can change this.

More specifically, you can use libpcap as any user. On most systems, you have to 
be root, however, to monitor traffic on a network interface.

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Jefferson Ogata <Jefferson.Ogata () noaa gov>
NOAA Computer Incident Response Team (N-CIRT) <ncirt () noaa gov>

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