Seeing who is on the network and a bit more

Patrick R. McManus mcmanus at ducksong.com
Thu May 23 15:16:50 EDT 2002


something like?

tcpdump ether host 00:00:11:22:33:44 -s 1500 -w logfile

getting the host's mac address from the dhcpd log ought to be easy.

-P

[Phil Buckley: Thu, May 23, 2002 at 10:52:41AM -0400]
> I have a client that I do basic server admin for remotely. Nothing very
> difficult, mostly just add new email addresses now and then.
> 
> I originally installed his rh7.2 system to be a gateway, and dhcp
> server mostly. He is having a problem with one person in the building
> that plugs into his network for access, and he fears that the person is
> up to something fishy...
> 
> Is there a way for me to keep an eye open on just that one machine that
> doesn''t require alot of effort on my part?
> 
> I was reading an article about SAINT in one of the linux mags last
> week, but haven't tried anything like that... would that be the answer?
> 
> Any ideas are greatly appreciated.
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
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