----- Original Message ----- From: "Hannah Schroeter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "arthur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Openbsd Misc (E-mail)" <misc@openbsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:40 AM Subject: Re: tcpdump -s0
> Hi! > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:32:04AM -0400, arthur wrote: > >-s0 always error with 'invalid snaplen 0' and the man page doen't mention how > >to capture full frame. > > >However, the man of tcpdump support s0 > >(http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump_man.html) > > You don't invoke the manual page of OpenBSD's tcpdump via looking at a > foreign web page. > > Either use man tcpdump on your OpenBSD box or use > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi > > I see nothing about a special handling of "0" as value for the option -s > there. Thanks for the quick reply. I did check the OpenBSD man and find out 'the man page doen't mention how to capture full frame' (as in my email, sorry for my English) > >How could I capture full messages. > > Use an appropriate high value (e.g. as high as the MTU of the interface) > for -s. I will do that. BTW, do you know is there any limitiation of the number. > Kind regards, > > Hannah.