Bug#793479: tcpdump: tcpdump prints "dropped privs to " message to stdout, should be stderr

2015-07-31 Thread Romain Francoise
On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 11:23:09PM +0200, Hilko Bengen wrote: > If we can agree on "important", that should be enough to get it fixed > for the next point release. Ok, I downgraded this bug to 'important'. -- Romain Francoise http://people.debian.org/~rfrancoise/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#793479: tcpdump: tcpdump prints "dropped privs to " message to stdout, should be stderr

2015-07-25 Thread Hilko Bengen
* Romain Francoise: > Hi, > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 01:57:29PM +0200, Hilko Bengen wrote: >> I have been using tcpdump like this for ages: >> >> /usr/sbin/tcpdump -Z $user -S0 -p -n U -B $bufsz -i $iface -w - "$rule" >> >> [...] >> >> Post-processing of the resulting streams broke after upgradin

Bug#793479: tcpdump: tcpdump prints "dropped privs to " message to stdout, should be stderr

2015-07-24 Thread Romain Francoise
Hi, On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 01:57:29PM +0200, Hilko Bengen wrote: > I have been using tcpdump like this for ages: > > /usr/sbin/tcpdump -Z $user -S0 -p -n U -B $bufsz -i $iface -w - "$rule" > > [...] > > Post-processing of the resulting streams broke after upgrading to jessie > because tcpdump pri

Bug#793479: tcpdump: tcpdump prints "dropped privs to " message to stdout, should be stderr

2015-07-24 Thread Hilko Bengen
Package: tcpdump Version: 4.6.2-5 Severity: grave Control: fixed -1 4.7.4-1 Control: tag -1 jessie I have been using tcpdump like this for ages: /usr/sbin/tcpdump -Z $user -S0 -p -n U -B $bufsz -i $iface -w - "$rule" The important thing here is that tcpdump drops privileges to $user and writes t