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diff --git a/pcap-snit.c b/pcap-snit.c
index ca6222cf..3f4e69d7 100644
--- a/pcap-snit.c
+++ b/pcap-snit.c
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ pcap_read_snit(pcap_t *p, int cnt, pcap_handler callback, u_char *user)
 
 	/*
 	 * loop through each snapshot in the chunk
+	 *
+	 * This assumes that a single buffer of packets will have
+	 * <= INT_MAX packets, so the packet count doesn't overflow.
 	 */
 	n = 0;
 	ep = bp + cc;
@@ -331,12 +334,16 @@ pcap_activate_snit(pcap_t *p)
 	if (fd < 0 && errno == EACCES)
 		p->fd = fd = open(dev, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		if (errno == EACCES)
+		if (errno == EACCES) {
 			err = PCAP_ERROR_PERM_DENIED;
-		else
+			snprintf(p->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE,
+			    "Attempt to open %s failed with EACCES - root privileges may be required",
+			    dev);
+		} else {
 			err = PCAP_ERROR;
-		pcap_fmt_errmsg_for_errno(p->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE,
-		    errno, "%s", dev);
+			pcap_fmt_errmsg_for_errno(p->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE,
+			    errno, "%s", dev);
+		}
 		goto bad;
 	}