I tried it with login as root but the problem still persists.It doesnt show
any interfaces at all.
"Adrian Rosoga" <adrianr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>@ethereal.com on 07/24/2001
10:27:43 AM
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Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] ethereal doesnt recognize any interface
Ketan P Pancholi wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> When I start the capture from the ethereal menu window,in the interface
> drop down menu it doesnt show any interface.I saw by ifconfig -a that I
> have two interfaces tr0 and lo0.
>
> when I specify the tr0 interface and click ok,it gives me an error saying
> check the interface specified.So the ethereal doesn't seem to recognize
any
> of my interfaces.
>
Probably you login as root and then start ethereal. As I remember,
setting the ethernet interface in promiscuous mode requires root
permissions.
The same happens on my machine - ifconfig shows all interfaces, but
ethereal none of them, unless I login as root.
Adrian
> Can anyone please help?
> Thanks,
> Ketan Pancholi
>
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