Why a tcpdump command fails with error " tcpdump: Couldn't find user 'tcpdump' " ?

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Issue

  • Running a tcpdump command, fails with error as show below:
~]# tcpdump -i any
tcpdump: Couldn't find user 'tcpdump'
~]#
  • Why this occurs ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Any Version)
  • tcpdump

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