Why a tcpdump command fails with error " tcpdump: Couldn't find user 'tcpdump' " ?
Issue
- Running a tcpudmp 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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