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Old 07-28-2008
Warning errors

tcpdump: WARNING: arptype 65535 not supported by libpcap - falling back to cooked socket

cannot find user pcap

What does this mean ^^ and how can it be fixed?
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Old 07-29-2008
The error message is saying that libpcap can't access the raw socket (so would not be able to tell it to switch to promiscuous mode). Usually a permissions issue (ie running as a non-root user).
The reference to the pcap user suggests to me that your version of libpcap supports the use of a specific user with rights to the raw sockets (presumably called 'pcap').
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