[plug] Monitoring the Unix domain network

[bwarff]

lsof ?

On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 09:06:06 +0400
Brad Campbell <brad at wasp.net.au> wrote:

> Peter F Bradshaw wrote:
> > Hi;
> > 
> > I need to monitor some trafic on the Unix domain network. That is I need
> > something like tcpdump that works on the Unix domain. Does anybody know
> > of a utility?
> 
> I have not found one.. I do it by stracing one of the processes and filtering the log.. nasty, but 
> it works. I guess you must be able to do it, but then.... how? No interfaces as such..
> Can you just place the kernel into promiscuous mode ? ;)
> 
> Brad
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