[26674] in Athena Bugs
linux 9.4.18: tcpdump; passwd file generation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ken Raeburn)
Thu Nov 3 16:48:41 2005
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Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 16:48:01 -0500
From: Ken Raeburn <raeburn@mit.edu>
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System name: all-in-one.mit.edu
Type and version: i686 9.4.18 (with mkserv)
Display type: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP (rev 85)
Shell: /bin/athena/tcsh
Window manager: unknown
What were you trying to do?
run tcpdump on a newly reinstalled system
What's wrong:
all-in-one.mit.edu# tcpdump
Couldn't find user 'pcap'
all-in-one.mit.edu#
What should have happened:
it should've shown me packets
I had added an entry for myself to the passwd and shadow
files, including the local versions. I don't remember which
versions I updated and which I copied from the updated ones.
I didn't delete any entries. So while I haven't done another
reinstall to test it, I suspect one of the /etc/passwd* files
may be missing an entry for "pcap". I do have the entry in
/etc/shadow, and in /etc/passwd-.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
tcpdump(8), pcap(3)
