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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!jraynard.demon.co.uk!usenet From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: /dev/bpf0 not configured Date: 28 Sep 1995 23:20:24 GMT Organization: Private FreeBSD Site Lines: 21 Message-ID: <JAMES.95Sep28232024@jraynard.jraynard.demon.co.uk> References: <44e4rb$ao7@kudu.ru.ac.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.jraynard.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: jraynard.demon.co.uk In-reply-to: ccam@kudu.ru.ac.za's message of 28 Sep 1995 14:35:55 +0200 >>>>> In article <44e4rb$ao7@kudu.ru.ac.za>, ccam@kudu.ru.ac.za (Andile Mbatyoti) writes: >> >> I try to run tcpdump as root I get the reply >> /dev/bpf0: divice not configured. But /dev/dpf0 file is there. This means that your kernel does not contain a driver for the BPF pseudo-device. Add the line pseudo-device bpfilter 4 #Berkeley packet filter to the config file and re-compile (see FAQ for details). BTW if the device file /dev/bpf0 was missing, the error would have been tcpdump: /dev/bpf0: No such file or directory. Regards James -- "If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me!"