[ltp] Kismet on Thinkpad R31 & SuSE 9.2

[Alejandro Bonilla]

Meidinger Chris wrote:

>Hi,
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>>I'm trying, without much luck, to get Kismet running on my 
>>ThinkPad.  In /etc/kismet.conf, I have created a source line 
>>of "source=hostap,wlan0,prsimsource" and also 
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source=hostap,wlan0,prismsource   you mean?!?! or with the type-o? :-+

how about kismet -c orinoco,wlan0,prismsource  ?

-Alejandro

>>"enablesources=prismsource". 
>>  However, when I run kismet as root, I get the following:
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>>Server options:  none
>>Client options:  none
>>Starting server...
>>Waiting for server to start before startuing UI...
>>Suid priv-dropping disabled.  This may not be secure.
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>See below.
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>>Enabling channel hopping.
>>Enabling channel splitting.
>>Source 0 (prismsource): Enabling monitor mode for hostap 
>>source interface wlan0channel 6...
>>FATAL: channel get ioctl failed 22:Invalid argument
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>The server must be started as root. In your kistmet.conf you should put a
>user in for priv-dropping.
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>as to the actual error: what is the output from:
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>#iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor && echo "monitor works" || echo "no monitor"
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>If this doesn't work, you need to check your drivers.
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>>When I try as a user, I get:
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>>Server options:  none
>>Client options:  none
>>Starting server...
>>Waiting for server to start before startuing UI...
>>Suid priv-dropping disabled.  This may not be secure.
>>FATAL:  Unable to set up pidfile /var/run//kismet_server.pid, 
>>unlink() 
>>failed: Permission denied
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>This is expected behavior. Not every user can write to /var/run
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>Cheers,
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>Chris
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