diff --git a/README.tru64 b/README.tru64 index b21ffe545e..2f3524ac86 100644 --- a/README.tru64 +++ b/README.tru64 @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ -$Id: README.tru64,v 1.2 2000/02/19 22:00:25 guy Exp $ +$Id: README.tru64,v 1.3 2001/01/24 06:50:16 guy Exp $ The following instructions are applicable to Tru64 UNIX -(formerly Digital UNIX (formerly DEC OSF/1)) version 3.2 and 4.0. - +(formerly Digital UNIX (formerly DEC OSF/1)) version 4.0, and +probably to later versions as well; at least some options apply to +Digital UNIX 3.2 - perhaps all do. In order to use kernel packet filtering on this system, you have to configure it in such a way : @@ -11,11 +12,15 @@ Kernel configuration -------------------- The packet filtering kernel option must be enabled at kernel -installation. If it was not the case, you can rebuild the kernel -after adding the following line in the kernel configuration file -(/sys/conf/): +installation. If it was not the case, you can rebuild the kernel with +"doconfig -c" after adding the following line in the kernel +configuration file (/sys/conf/): -option PACKETFILTER + option PACKETFILTER + +or use "doconfig" without any arguments to add the packet filter driver +option via the kernel option menu (see the system administration +documentation for information on how to do this). Device configuration -------------------- @@ -23,16 +28,24 @@ Device configuration Devices used for packet filtering must be created thanks to the following command (executed in the /dev directory): -./MAKEDEV pfilt + ./MAKEDEV pfilt Interface configuration ----------------------- -In order to capture all packets on a network, you may want to -enable the promiscuous mode of the interface thanks to the -pfconfig(1) command: +In order to capture all packets on a network, you may want to allow +applications to put the interface on that network into "local copy" +mode, so that Ethereal can see packets sent by the host on which it's +running as well as packets received by that host, and to put the +interface into "promiscuous" mode, so that Ethereal can see packets on +the network segment not sent to the host on which it's running, by using +the pfconfig(1) command: -pfconfig +c +p + pfconfig +c +p +or allow application to put any interface into "local copy" or +"promiscuous" mode by using the command: + + pfconfig +c +p -a Note: all instructions given require root privileges.