Yes tcpdump depends on libpcap.  You need libpcap if you have tcpdump
(and most other sniffers like snort, ethereal).

On 10/12/06, Dennis Borkhus-Veto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Would the tcpdump command?

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu Oct 12 18:49:54 2006
Subject: [ossec-list] Re: Ossec and nagios?


I got the same message running etherape on my Linux box. I would guess
that any sniffer would cause the same output.



Meir Michanie wrote:
> that could be related to snort, it is not related to nagios for sure.
>
>
> On 10/13/06, Dennis Borkhus-Veto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> I have been working on setting up a program called nagios on the same
>> server as ossec and now I recdieved the folllowing error and am not
>> sure if
>> it is related.
>>
>> OSSEC HIDS Notification.
>> 2006 Oct 12 11:58:27
>>
>> Received From: HULK->/Raid/Log/messages
>> Rule: 5104 fired (level 8) -> "Interface entered in promiscuous(sniffing)
>> mode."
>> Portion of the log(s):
>>
>> kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
>>
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>

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