[ltp] Kismet on Thinkpad R31 & SuSE 9.2

[James Knott]

Meidinger Chris wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
>>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 
>>"enablesources=prismsource". 
>>  However, when I run kismet as root, I get the following:
>>
>>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.
> 
> 
> See below.
> 
> 
>>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
> 
> 
> The server must be started as root. In your kistmet.conf you should put a
> user in for priv-dropping.

There is an suiduser listed.

What server are you referring to?  Is it something else to start, in 
addition to kismet?

> 
> as to the actual error: what is the output from:
> 
> #iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor && echo "monitor works" || echo "no monitor"
> 
> If this doesn't work, you need to check your drivers.

It works
> 
> 
>>When I try as a user, I get:
>>
>>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
> 
> 
> This is expected behavior. Not every user can write to /var/run
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Chris