Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] No interfaces, no /dev directory (MacOS X)

From: Steven Ross <wireshark.org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 21:40:37 -0700
On Sep 6, 2011, at 00:13 , Guy Harris wrote:
On Sep 5, 2011, at 10:03 PM, Steven Ross wrote:

Thanks for the explanation of the /dev directory. Confirmed everything you said and it does show there /dev/bpf0 to /dev/bpf6.

bpf6?  Initially, only 5 BPF devices are created;

Today, after shut-down over night, it only shows bpf0 to bpf3, see below.

	1) What does the command "id" print?

uid=501(svenr) gid=501(svenr) groups=501(svenr),98(_lpadmin), 32(boinc_project),31(boinc_master),101(com.apple.access_ssh),80(admin)


	2) What does the command "ls -l /dev/bpf*" print?

crw-rw----  1 root  wheel   23,   0 Sep  6 21:29 /dev/bpf0
crw-rw----  1 root  wheel   23,   1 Sep  6 20:47 /dev/bpf1
crw-rw----  1 root  wheel   23,   2 Sep  6 20:47 /dev/bpf2
crw-rw----  1 root  wheel   23,   3 Sep  6 20:47 /dev/bpf3



What do the commands

	which dseditgroup

/usr/sbin/dseditgroup


and

	man dseditgroup

print?

dseditgroup(8) BSD System Manager's Manual dseditgroup(8)

NAME
     dseditgroup -- group record manipulation tool.

SYNOPSIS
     dseditgroup [options] [parameters] groupname

                 options:
-o operation perform (read, create, delete, edit, checkmember) operation with given group-
                                      name
-p prompt for authentication password
                       -q             disables interactive verification
                       -v             verbose logging to stdout

                 parameters:
-m member username to use for checkmember option -n nodename directory node location of group record
                       -u username    authenticate with admin username
                       -P password    authentication password
                       -a recordname  name of the record to add
                       -d recordname  name of the record to delete
-t recordtype type of the record to add or delete
                       -i gid         gid to add/replace
                       -g guid        GUID to add/replace
                       -S sid         SID to add/replace
                       -r realname    realname to add/replace
                       -k keyword     keyword to add
                       -c comment     comment to add/replace
                       -s timetolive  seconds to live to add/replace
-f n | l change the group's format - 'n' for the new group format and 'l' for the legacy
                                      group format

DESCRIPTION
... (followed by several pages of manual, I assume you don't need me to paste them all?)