Ethereal-users: [Ethereal-users] finding and enabling the interface

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From: Michael Gregory <michael.gregory@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:41:40 -0500


Being a novice please forgive me if this is a simple question. I have the ethereal gui open, (finally after figuring out where fink, (aptly named), hid it) on my G4 powerbook under os 10.4.5. When I open the capture options window to select the interface I can find no interface to select. I actually have two problems,

(1) The file "/Users/michaelgregory/Desktop/ethereal captures/ 1.rtf" doesn't exist.

is displayed when I define it as my capture file and

(2) The capture session could not be initiated ((no devices found) /dev/bpf0: Permission denied).
Please check to make sure you have sufficient permissions, and that
you have the proper interface or pipe specified.

since I am having trouble finding /dev/bpf0 and do not know for certain how I should modify, (chmod?) it should I find it, I could use some detailed guidance please?

   Thank you


				Mike