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lakinduakash / linux-wifi-hotspot

Feature-rich wifi hotspot creator for Linux which provides both GUI and command-line interface. It is also able to create a hotspot using the same wifi card which is connected to an AP already ( Similar to Windows 10).
BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License
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Not running at all #305

Closed Lyton505 closed 1 year ago

Lyton505 commented 1 year ago

I am trying to create a hotspot but it runs and says "not running"

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Go to 'Wifi Hotspot'

  2. Click on 'Create Hotspot'

    • OS: Pop_OS! 22.04

Running it from the terminal gives the following output:

pkexec --user root create_ap wlan1 wwan0 'NoClobber' 'password1234' --mkconfig /etc/create_ap.conf --freq-band 2.4 -c 10 
Config options written to '/etc/create_ap.conf'

dnsmasq: cannot read /tmp/create_ap.wlan1.conf.hv8epp2j/dnsmasq.conf: Permission denied
Command not found or exited with error status

When I run cat /tmp/create_ap.wlan1.conf.hv8epp2j/dnsmasq.conf, the output says there exists no such file

I have been running it normally for the past months. I really don't know why it's misbehaving now.

The command: journalctl --since "2023-04-05 22:43" --until "2023-04-07 02:00" | grep create_ap | less gives the following output

Apr 05 22:44:24 gecko pkexec[23104]: lyton: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/lyton] [COMMAND=/usr/bin/create_ap --list-running]
Apr 05 22:44:26 gecko pkexec[23168]: lyton: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/lyton] [COMMAND=/usr/bin/create_ap wlan1 wwan0 NoClobber freshprince --mkconfig /etc/create_ap.conf --freq-band 2.4 -c 10]
Apr 05 22:44:26 gecko pkexec[23184]: lyton: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/lyton] [COMMAND=/usr/bin/create_ap --config /etc/create_ap.conf --freq-band 2.4]
Apr 05 22:44:28 gecko audit[23456]: AVC apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="dnsmasq" name="/tmp/create_ap.wlan1.conf.mmtgTY4b/dnsmasq.conf" pid=23456 comm="dnsmasq" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=0 ouid=0

All along I am running as normal user(as I always do). Running as root doesn't change anything Thinking that it was a driver issue, I tried using my alfa awus036nha(atheros ar9271 chipset) and I still get the same issue.

uWayLu commented 1 year ago

do this and it works https://github.com/oblique/create_ap/issues/103#issuecomment-558567466_

Lyton505 commented 1 year ago

works like a charm. Thanks @uWayLu