Bug 1722

Sorry URL http://www.kismetwireless.net/

Well, nobody seemed interested in Kismet, at least in a half-way recent version for Mandriva: https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=62630
But i don't know why.

I think i'll go for it.

CC: (none) => doktor5000

I've already imported it, needs review.

Sorry for not answering back. Has been submitted to cauldron, and will shortly be available for Mageia 1. Marking as Resolved.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED

Ahh,forgot that this needs to go to updates_testing and needs to pass QA validation. Reopening to use this report for the validation.

Status: RESOLVED => REOPENED
Resolution: FIXED => (none)

On cauldron
kismet-2011.03.R2-1.mga2.i586.rpm paigaldamine andmekandjalt /var/cache/urpmi/rpms                     
Valmistumine...                  #####################################################################
      1/1: kismet                #####################################################################
grep: ^piddir=: No such file or directory
[root@kaaber anz]#

In the postinstall scriptlet, it has the line
  if ! grep -e -q "^piddir="  /etc/kismet.conf

Either the -e has to be removed, or the order of the options changed, as in
  if ! grep -q -e "^piddir="  /etc/kismet.conf

CC: (none) => davidwhodgins

Hmmm, would be interesting to know why this worked the last time i built and installed this? Fix commited and waiting for submission.

There is now kismet-2011.03.R2-1.1.mga1 in core/updates_testing to validate.


Suggested advisory:
-------------------
This update adds the package Kismet to Mageia repositories, and updates it to the latest version. It was not available before for Mageia, but for Mandriva.

-------------------------------------------------------
Steps to reproduce:

- install/update to update candidate
- make sure the program starts and works correctly
link to upstream documentation: http://www.kismetwireless.net/documentation.shtml

don't forget to add a capture source (point 5. in documentation/README) before starting kismet!

PS: If anyone can think of a better advisory for such packages, don't hesitate to post one.

Status: REOPENED => ASSIGNED
Assignee: doktor5000 => qa-bugs

Tested OK i586

Had to stop the network service then set the source as eth1 and type ipw2200

Found some networks I didn't know existed and one with no security at all.

This doesn't appear to be using suid as recommended so has to be run as root.
I created kismet group and added my user to it, logged out and back in but it wouldn't start the server.

Suggested Advisory
------------------
This update adds the the latest version of Kismet which was present in Mandriva 2010 but missing from Mageia 1.

For full documentation please see:-

http://www.kismetwireless.net/documentation.shtml
------------------

Source RPM: kismet-2011.03.R2-1.1.mga1.src.rpm


I'm not able to test this x86_64

I can test on my x86_64, but I don't find the package .
Could I have some instruction because I am not expert in kismet or sniffing ?

Bye
Stblack

CC: (none) => stblack

Stefano, thankyou, it is in Core Updates Testing. You might need to update the media if you don't regularly use that one.

Once you've set up the source (ie eth0, eth1, wlan0) whatever it is and tell it to start the server when it asks it starts doing its thing.

If it doesn't automatically detect the adapter type see the documentation link above, in section 12 it has a list of types which are not automatically recognised and you can tell it.

Run it as root and you might need to use 'service network stop' before it will capture properly or if it crashes.

Tested OK x86_64 with a borrowed dongle.

Update validated.

Advisory
-----------------
This update adds the wifi utility Kismet which was present in Mandriva 2010 but missing from Mageia 1
-----------------

Source RPM: kismet-2011.03.R2-1.1.mga1.src.rpm

Could sysadmin please push from core/updates_testing to core/updates

Thankyou!

Keywords: (none) => validated_update
CC: (none) => sysadmin-bugs

Update pushed.

Status: ASSIGNED => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => tmb
Resolution: (none) => FIXED