Kismet

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I'm attempting to help with a work project using kismet.  Instead of my laptop, I've decided to use my Zaurus (SL-5500).

I've followed the instructions that are located here and seem to almost be there but I'm getting this error:

configdir '/root/.kismet/' does not exist, making it.

FATAL:  Could not make configdir: Read-only file system.

The errors show when I attempt to start Kismet via the command line.  When I use Kismet-QT, I get a pop-up window stating "Can't connect to the server".  I'm assuming is the same issue....server won't start because of the Zaurus's config file perms so the GUI client can't connect.

http://www.kismetwireless.net/Forum/Genera...62028963.088968 states to cd to the user account (kismetuser in this case), change the PATH variable to ensure wlanctl-ng is in it, and then run kismet (still as root).  I've no idea what this is talking about.

In the meantime, I'll keep searching the forums.

TIA,
unixfool

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OK, I narrowed things down a bit.  I can now run Kismet without the previous errors.  I edited kismet.conf and changed the location of log- and config files to /mnt/card.

Now, I'm getting:

FATAL:  Could not connect to localhost:2501

If I run "/home/root/usr/local/bin/kismet_server" I get:

Waiting for capture child 3296 to terminate...
Kismet quitting

I'm using Kismet 3.0.1, BTW

TIA,
unixfool

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Got it!

Saw this and changed the source from "prism2" to "prism2_legacy" within the .conf file.

I hope these comments help others.

unixfool

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