running tcpdump from android application

[kaisar]

hi,

I am trying to develop an application that will run tcpdump. can
anyone suggest me anything regarding this issue?

thanks
kaisar

[David Turner]

tcpdump requires root privileges, so won't run in an application process.

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[kaisar]

thanks a lot for your reply. do u think it will be possible to run
tcpdump from a script and execute the script from an application ?


thanks
kaisar

[David Turner]

I doubt an application can launch a script with root privileges ! Otherwise, it would have these privileges already.

(that is unless the script/tcpdump is already installed on the system with setuid permissions, which is not the case

on Android production devices).

thanks
kaisar