Bug 147840 - tcpdump can't write to a file greater than 2G
Summary: tcpdump can't write to a file greater than 2G
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification: Red Hat
Component: tcpdump
Version: 3.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Martin Stransky
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-02-11 20:31 UTC by Joshua Jensen
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2005-05-12 08:50:01 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:417 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: tcpdump security update 2005-05-11 04:00:00 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:421 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: tcpdump security update 2005-05-11 04:00:00 UTC

Description Joshua Jensen 2005-02-11 20:31:02 UTC 
Description of problem:
tcpdump can't write to a file greater than 2G... this isn't "enterprise".  It
can't be uncommon for someone to need to capture a decent ammount of traffic.
Please fix!

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL3 + all errata/updates

How reproducible:

tcpdump -s 0 -w bigfile.bin

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Comment 1 Martin Stransky 2005-02-16 12:40:06 UTC 
Fixed in devel/RHEL4-U1/RHEL4-U5.
Comment 4 Mark J. Cox 2005-05-11 08:38:09 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-421.html
Comment 5 Mark J. Cox 2005-05-11 08:40:14 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-417.html
Comment 6 Mark J. Cox 2005-05-11 08:53:40 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-421.html
Comment 7 Mark J. Cox 2005-05-11 08:54:54 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-417.html
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