Running tcpdump results in "Couldn't find user 'pcap'"
Issue
- Running the tcpdump command results in the following error:
# tcpdump -s 0 -i eth0 -w /tmp/trace.cap
tcpdump: Couldn't find user 'pcap'
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2
- tcpdump-3.9.4-12.el5
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