Hi, Are you sure that this machine wasn't compromised ??? Usually rootkits replace the ifconfig file with a version that does not show the promiscous state. Marlon > --- "S.Salman Ahmed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > > > > > Isn't ifconfig supposed to report if a network > > interface is in > > Promiscuous mode ? I thought it was. > > > > I am currently running a sid system with > > kernel-2.4.2 and the only way > > I have to check if a network has changed its > > promiscuous status is to > > grep through /var/log/kern.log. ifconfig says > > nothing about it. > > > > Can anyone else confirm that this is a bug in > > ifconfig in sid ? > > > > @phoenix:[/root] dpkg -S `which ifconfig` > > net-tools: /sbin/ifconfig > > @phoenix:[/root] dpkg -l|grep net-tools > > ii net-tools 1.58-2 The NET-3 > > networking toolkit > > @phoenix:[/root] uname -a > > Linux phoenix 2.4.2 #3 Sat Feb 24 13:14:50 EST > 2001 > > i686 unknown > > > > > > -- > > Salman Ahmed > > ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > O YAHOO! GEOCITIES CHEGOU AO BRASIL! > Crie sua home page com tudo em português - > http://br.geocities.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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