Running the tcpdump command with the "-C" and "-W" options returns a permission denied error

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Attempting to run the tcpdump command with the -C and -W options causes the command to return a permission error.
  • Running the command without those options allows a file to be created with no permissions errors.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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