Hmm, I updated via up2date and my tcpdump works fine. Also, my old kernel wasn't removed automatically... I'm not quite sure that this really helps but at the very least you know that different things are being seen :-( Do you have other systems that this has happened to or is this the only one? HTH, Harry Quoting Robert Brown <eli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: *> Robert Brown writes: *> > I use tcpdump as a component of an network monitoring tool and to feed *> > the snort intrusion detecti0on system. I have done so for several *> > years. After upgrading from the 2.4.20-24.9 to the 2.4.20-27.9 *> > kernel, my tdpdump no longer functions properly. It is acting like *> > perhaps the promiscuous mode is not taking effect, even though an *> > ifconfig shows all the monitored interfaces to be in promiscuous *> > mode. *> > *> > Has anybody else seen this? Is there a fix? *> *> Unfortunately, the 2.4.20-27.9 upgrade, unlike previous rh9 upgrades, *> took it upon itself to automatically delete all earlier versions of *> the kernel from the system, so I cannot simply edit *> /boot/grub/grub.conf to default to the older kernel. *> *> I think somebody at Red Hat maybe had a little too much holiday happy *> juice just before that release was tested... :-< *> -- Harry Hoffman hhoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx #----------------------------------------------------------------# # Harry: version 4.0a # # Known bugs: # # 1) Verbal output may occur before data processing is complete. # # 2) Loudspeaker option may activate without being invoked. # # 3) Other bugs as reported # #----------------------------------------------------------------# ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IpSolutions: http://www.ip-solutions.net/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
