[LEGO <luis.ontanon@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you're doing it as a non priviledged user, you probably have no
read access to /dev/bpf*,

You could run ethereal as root to check if it is so.

BEWARE that it is better to change the permissions of /dev/bpf so that
the group your capturte user belongs can read from /dev/bpf*.




On 6/28/05, Puszynski, Helen A (Helen) <hpuszyns@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I installed ethereal on AIX box.
> When I start the capture there is no interface
> to choose from. So I typed in an interface I  got
> from ifconfig -a (maybe not the right thing to do)
> but I got an error message: the capture session could not
> be initiated (recv_ack: bind error 0xd). Please check to make
> sure you have sufficient permissions, and that you have the
> proper interface or pip specified.
> 
> Any ideas how to fix this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Helen
> 
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