Re: Capturing without having superuser rights

[Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>]

On Oct 14, 2008, at 9:30 AM, Max Laier wrote:

> Depends on the platform you are on.  On FreeBSD all you need is read  
> write
> permission to the /dev/bpf* devices.

Also true in NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Mac OS X, and, I think,  
AIX.  (And, at least with some versions of libpcap, all you need is  
read access if you're just capturing.)
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