windows 10 bash tcpdump: socket: Invalid argument

Question

I am using windows 10 bash to use tcpdump From tutorial i found that to listen to a interface command is:

tcpdump -i eth0 //eth0 is ethernet interface
tcpdump -i any // to listen to any interface

In both cases I am getting tcpdump: socket: Invalid argument error. NOTE:

tcpdump -D

does not print anything on console.

score 37 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 30 '17 at 12:51

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Based on https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/69, this is a limitation of the current Windows Subsystem for Linux. The Fall Creators update added a lot of functionality, but tcpdump still does not work.

answered Oct 30 '17 at 12:51

user3657298

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 08 '22 at 15:12

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Try nmap. It will output a page of errors but eventually works.

sudo nmap -sP 192.168.1.0/24

WSL, while utilizing Linux, is not a "true" Linux based operating system yet.

edited Dec 08 '22 at 15:12

Armen Michaeli

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answered Aug 29 '19 at 03:02

Mike Zoe

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I fail to see how this answer is relevant to the question? – Armen Michaeli Dec 08 '22 at 15:12

windows 10 bash tcpdump: socket: Invalid argument

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