Note that this document should apply to post-4.0 versions of

[obnox/wireshark/wip.git] / README.tru64

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+++ 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/<HOSTNAME>):
+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/<HOSTNAME>):
+
+       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 <network_device>
 
-pfconfig <network_device> +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.