Re: Libpcap

["Tyler Littlefield" <tyler () tysdomain com>]

if pcap uses the 32-bit libraries, you'll need glibc 32 bit, etc.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Davies" <cjd () slowglass com>
To: <tcpdump-workers () lists tcpdump org>
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 4:13 AM
Subject: [tcpdump-workers] Libpcap


> Trying to get libpacp to work in 32 bit mode on 64 bit machines.
>
>
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> I have a program that uses libpcap to snoop on packets for the purposes of
> monitoring.
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> It works very well when compiled on a 32 bit Linux machine and run on a 32
> bit Linux and when 64 bit Linux machine and run on a 64 bit Linux.
>
> However it does not work correctly if I run the 32bit binary on a 64 bit
> Linux box. Is there something special I should be doing.
>
>
>
> A simplified segment of my start code is
>
>    pcap_t* handle = pcap_open_live(dev, BUFSIZ, 1, 1000, errbuf);
>
>    pcap_set_buffer_size(handle,bufSize);
>
>   pcap_compile(handle, &fp, "src port 80",1, net);
>
>   pcap_setfilter(handle, &fp);
>
>   pcap_loop(handle, -1, got_packet, (u_char*)handle);
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>
> Is there anything special I should be doing to get it to work on 64 bit
> platforms
>
>
>
> Chris Davies
>
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