Hi!

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:52:43AM -0400, arthur wrote:
>> 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)

Okay... Just: OpenBSD's tcpdump is not the same as the other tcpdump.

>> >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.

I don't know of any, but I don't have the time now to check more
thoroughly.

Kind regards,

Hannah.

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