Ethereal

defy · 07-28-2004, 03:47 AM

Hi,

i have installed Suse 9.1 Pro and i have just installed the ethereal. When i run it as simple user, when i start the capturing i get a message that among others says
socket: Operation not permitted.
What privileges should i give to my account so as to run it?

Thanks!

win32sux · 07-28-2004, 04:05 AM

i believe ethereal needs to be run as root...

=)

defy · 07-28-2004, 04:19 AM

When i log as root in a konsole inside my account and run ethereal, i get the message that
Xlib: connection to ¨:0.0¨ refused by server
Xlib: no protocol specified

(ethereal:6187): Gtk-Warning **: cannot open display

Can i use the xserver with root when i´ m logged in as user?

Or - do you know a program that can watch the activity of my network? I´ d like something like Net Limiter for windows. It saves logs of all the activity.

Thanks!

win32sux · 07-28-2004, 06:19 AM

you need to run this command as the regular user before root can use the display:

xhost +

do a "man xhost" for more info...

=)

defy · 07-28-2004, 03:55 PM

Thanks that worked fine!