Re: [Ethereal-users] Run Ethereal as a Windows Service

[Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Alton wrote:

> Having it run with no user logged on is exactly what I need. I have a
> server machine that I want to start sniffing packets as soon as the
> computer starts up. I want the exact functionality that tethereal has
> except I want it with a non-visual interface. i.e. no command window
> displayed.

Perhaps more correctly stated as "with no user interface at all, i.e. no 
window displayed at all".

Do you really want the *exact* functionality that Tethereal has - that 
functionality includes the full ability to dissect packets, and all the 
taps to generate statistics - or do you just want something that 
captures and writes to a libpcap-format file?

> I want to be able to pass the filters and other parameters to
> it and have it start logging when the computer starts.

What mechanism would you use to pass those parameters to it?  Presumably 
this would be done by running some application that would set the 
filters and other parameters, and either

	1) it would stop doing whatever capturing it was doing at the time, and 
start with the new parameters - and would again use those parameters 
after a reboot

or

	2) it would continue doing the capture it's doing at the time, with the 
parameters it was already using, but would use the new parameters after 
a reboot.