Autorun script on RPi 0 2
January 20, 2025, 07:51
I have a problem with an auto-start script. I’m using an RPi Zero 2 with a 64-bit Bookworm OS (no desktop). I’ve also installed a working Kismet, and this is where the issues begin.
Since it’s a version without a desktop environment, I’d like Kismet to start automatically when the Raspberry is powered on (so I can access Kismet via my phone’s browser).
Unfortunately, I have zero skills in writing scripts, and I just need a simple “sudo Kismet” to run at system startup. ChatGPT guided me in a way that eventually even Kismet stopped working. I reinstalled the system, reinstalled Kismet, and I’m trying to keep fighting with it.
How to start with it?
Run crontab -e
Then select nano
That might need sudo tell me if there's an error
Then at the bottom you should be able to just add in
@reboot sudo Kismet
like this?
I don't got it
The whole idea of the project is to have access to Kismet from my phone after startup, outside of my home network, but I have no idea how to configure it. Besides that, I'll also need to configure Raspberry Pi as a hotspot later.
Correct yeah
Not working
Crontab is what you can use to automatically run scripts, what I told you to do should run your kismet command upon a boot
Check sudo Kismet actually works outside of crontab
I have a feeling it's just sudo kismet
Damn bro, thanks a lot!
that works!
Okay cool
Would you be willing to help me set up the connection as well? Not necessarily a hotspot. I'm open to any suggestions because I don't know where to start.
Right now, when my Raspberry Pi and I are on the same network (my home Wi-Fi), I can always access Kismet through http://hostname.local:2501. However, when I leave home, I won’t be able to view it, for example, through a browser on my phone. How can I make this work?
You could connect to your phones hotspot
Or some people directly connect their pi via usb C to their laptop for portability, you may be able to do this with your phone idk
I dont want laptop connection. I did something similar on the occasion of PWN. But step by step from some tutorial.
Should I just add the remembered networks in Raspberry? Extend the entry with the name of your hotspot and password?
Yeah that would work
Although hotspots can be unreliable
Why?
so what should I use for monitoring Kismet?
Your phones just isn't as strong and your pi isn't as good at WiFi in general so its not a good combination
okay, now its clear 😄
For a phone a hotspot seems like you only option because im not sure if using something like a ethernet to usb c/lighting or whatever adapter
so, for hotspot
'sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf'
and just add hotspot id and pass?
as a normal network
Looks good to me
btw how do you write commands here on discord in such a cool frame? 😅
With the character `
test
thanks for everything
Text surrounded by just one \ like so \text\ looks like text
And \
Like so \Text \
Looks like soText
No problem
doesnt work 😦
i can't read that launguage unfortunately
there is nothing important, just for show my hotspot is on and ssid name is correct
okay
to be honest i just don't have experience in hotspots with a pi and i usually like to have experience before i start guessing with people
so ill come back later and if no one else has had a crack at it with ya then i will attempt
ofcourse bro
thanks, you dont often get respect like that here yk
really makes the difference thank you.
You have already helped me like hell. I can only thank you and I take my first steps
about RPi, It is strange that I am connected locally by SSH. It should connect the same with the hotspot, because they are theoretically saved in the same file.
yeah but wpa supplicant is weird
and I wonder if this path is correct
i think it is yeah
/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
oh yeah
there is no way for a other localisation of networks id?
was the file already there without you having to create one?
mine didnt have it and im wondering it thats because ive never connected to wifi on that pi, if its a pi 5 thing or whatever
been trying to figure that out for a while
its RPi zero 2
yeah
damn, file was empty
oop
then its probably not the correct path no
haha 😄
i think it may be an old thing then
I forgot, that i wrote all my 3 networks
I wrote it, the file was empty. my mistake, forgot
me knowing the password probably wont do anything btw
hahahahahha, bro I'm amateur
no very easy mistake to make
generally your doing quite good right now
Every day I learn something new
If your using Bookworm, start using nmcli, see https://discord.com/channels/818384379197784084/1193815086511435827
That's the one I was thinking off!
I forgot the command 😂
I'll try, thanks guys
<@1071178789939331253> <@796000224690307072> told You guys, totally newbie
newbie?
wdym?
im still in school and learning
and although oops.se would say otherwise to me it seems he's learnt all there is to learn 🤣
<@1071178789939331253> do You know what am I doing wrong with cmcli ?
No clue like I said I don't know enough about WiFi from cli, you can try nmgui which I have a little bit more understanding of
lead the way, chief
If you run nmgui you can create a new connection
Then input the ssid in the top, and password. Not so sure where that will be in the gui but if you take some screenshots I may be able to highlight them for you
<@1071178789939331253> how to run nmgui? I can't find anything
That's the command it's self? If it isn't recognised I got the name wrong
I'll help more tmmr
Yep, unknown command. Thanks a lot. See u tmmr 😈
Please don't ping me! That is a BAD habit.
sorry, didn't know
Yeah we are in this thread we get notifications anyway
Give me a sec to try this
Checked my command history
It's nmtui
I'll just finish drawing a princess for my daughter and I'm flying to the lab to test
😂
Okay fine with me
And as for notifications in the thread. I didn't have them. It's not so obvious to me. I said, real newbie
Just we don't like obsessive pinging because it's harder to manage notifications
For example pinging comes up higher on my notification list because I'm assuming it's relatively important (generally no one who I'm helping needs to ping me unless I tell them too)
Okay, I will write what is currently happening
Add > Wi-Fi
should I add BSSID? or just ssid and pass?
and what about IPv4 v6 ? Automatic?
to be sure I also filled in the BSSID. it threw a permissions error. I did the same with sudo. it looks like this. should I set priorities somehow?
or maybe I should edit "preconfigured" as my default hotspot? and delete "WiFi connection 1"
i thinkk ssid and password should do
yep unless you want a specific ip, not sure how that would work out on a hotspot though
oh sugar i forgot to remind you
you need to run it with sudo sudo nmtui otherwise it will let you do all the hardwork but then only tell you at the end and you lose all the progress
I messed it up as much as possible. Before you wrote I took matters into my own hands. I removed "preconfigured" (I know, idiotic) so that it would connect me directly to the hotspot. I lost the connection via ssh. I installed a new software with preconfigured ssh on the hotspot. And it connects to the phone great but I forgot that it was a new software so I don't have kismet and autoruning kismet
conclusions, I'm setting up the system again via Raspberry Pi Imager, with the configured home network. Then, according to your recommendations, I'll simply add a new network and test it outside the house.
Sisyphean work, but thanks to me
😄
oop, i did similar things too many times
me too with pwnagotchi. as you can see I didn't learn any conclusions
so, again ;)))
not long ago i chose to uninstall apt on my laptop os (debian) because something was wrong with my configuration and not only did it not fix the problem but i couldn't install applications (including apt) without installing them from the mirrror list directly and then using dpkg. took me several hours to even get back to where i started, and then the orriginal problem still wasn't fixed.
steel nerves or where I live we say "stubbornness in pursuit of the goal"
sounds about right
okay, now testing
