Re: [SLE] problem with ethereal

From: Jeff Bankston (suse_at_mail.bciassociates.com)
Date: 07/20/04

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Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:43:36 -0400

    Thanks, James. I thought of that as well, but also that as the only user of
    the laptop, I should be able to configure this. Still migrating away from
    Windows apps, I'll try to find a way to make it runnable under my login.

    -Jeff

    James Knott wrote:

    > Jeff Bankston wrote:
    >> While logged in as root on my laptop, Suse v9.0, ethereal works just
    >> fine. I made sure that my normal login has permissions via Yast to all
    >> groups, then logged in as me. But, ethereal (under normal login) doesn't
    >> show any adapters ready to me used. I even made sure that my normal login
    >> is a member of root, but no joy.
    >
    > Perhaps it's meant to keep casual users from monitoring networks, when
    > they're not supposed to. Imagine what might happen in a corporate
    > environment, if someone started snooping for passwords or other critical
    > data. Other tools, such as nmap, also restrict usage in that manner.
    >
    > I usually start ethereal from the K menu, but I have it configured to
    > run as root, so I still have to enter the password when I start it. At
    > least it's not as bad as the Windows version, where it has to be started
    > in the admin account, before running it in a user account.
    >
    > 

    -- 
Jeff Bankston
Director of Network Engineering
BCI Associates
suse@mail.bciassociates.com
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