On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I download and built tcpdump 3.7.2 and libpcap 0.7.2 on AIX 4.3 using BPF. > The bpf_open() call failed with errno 6 No such device or address for > device /dev/bpf0. However, if I just run once the tcpdump program came with > the OS in /usr/sbin directory then from that point on my built tcpdump work > without any problem. It seems that I must run the tcpdump came with the AIX > once every time system is IPL'ed. Is this a reported problem or I have > built incorrectly? Thank you.
Known problem, use the latest source tarballs, 0.7.2 is very old. Also, AIX's BPF driver has some serious errors which can crash the machine, check IBMs site for the latest updates. Cheers, Shaun - This is the TCPDUMP workers list. It is archived at http://www.tcpdump.org/lists/workers/index.html To unsubscribe use mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
