This bug was fixed in the package tcpdump - 4.0.0-6ubuntu4
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* debian/usr.sbin.tcpdump: - allow device probing (LP: #585150) - allow 'w' access to /dev/bus/usb/**/[0-9]*, needed for proper USB probing with libpcap 1.1 and higher -- Jamie Strandboge <email address hidden> Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:54:22 -0500
This bug was fixed in the package tcpdump - 4.0.0-6ubuntu4
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tcpdump (4.0.0-6ubuntu4) maverick; urgency=low
* debian/ usr.sbin. tcpdump: usb/**/ [0-9]*, needed for proper USB
- allow device probing (LP: #585150)
- allow 'w' access to /dev/bus/
probing with libpcap 1.1 and higher
-- Jamie Strandboge <email address hidden> Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:54:22 -0500