Re: libpcap 0.9.4 on HP-UX: "Device busy"

[Rick Jones <rick.jones2 () hp com>]

Harley Stenzel wrote:
> On 6/8/06, Justin E <supramacy () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've been trying to get libpcap 0.9.4 to work on several HP-UX boxes,
> > and am unfortunately having some trouble when I try to open an
> > interface using pcap_open_live. The error I receive is:
> >
> > recv_ack: promisc_phys: UNIX error - Device busy
>
> It sounds like some other process has the device open.  On HP-UX,
> unlike Linux and (iirc) Solaris, only one process may have an
> interface open at a time.

It would be more accurate to say that it allows only one promiscuous 
mode stream per interface.

rick jones
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