I have posted a couple of threads asking for help getting Kali to work on a Ras Pi 2 B and am really not getting anywhere fast.
But these problems as I see them come under the general cover of Kali rather than the specific sub section of Raspberry Pi.
A few questions about kali:
1 - It is supposed to be a penetration testing system, right? Not for "general use", and there is only ONE user - root - on the system.
Question: If so, why is wireshark included in the package? When I run it, after a bit of fluffing around, the program (Wireshark) comes up and says something to the end that: This is not supposed to be run from SUPERUSER you must run it from a NON SUPERUSER account.
Pretty difficult if there is only one log in/account.
2 - It supports a lot of connection types, like Ethernet, Wifi, Bluetooth, etc so it is a real good platform to test just about any system. (With the right stuff plugged in, of course.)
Question: So why is it that reading through some of the pages of stuff, I see that bluetooth is LOCKED OUT and not usable?
Question: As I am using a R Pi, I researched WiFi dongles and the EDIMAX 7811 was popular for general RPI WiFi stuff and so I bought some.
I plug it in and do a LSUSB command and see it, then do a LSMOD and see the drivers loaded. Well, I hope they are.
So, I want to do some WiFi stuff. All the air*-ng commands say the error about "no device found (-19)" kind of error. Not really helping.
Some of the air* commands, like airlist-ng which gets a mention, it says "COMMAND NOT FOUND" which is really off putting.
After hours of searching I find commands I need to enter to "setup" the WiFi (wlan0) to be able to use it. Or so I thought.
These commands are to set up a WiFi connection to a KNOWN NETWORK with a KNOWN KEY.
That is rather stupid if the machine/OS is ...... designed for penetration testing. The idea is you MAY know the network name, but the KEY, well, that's just getting too hopeful.
Then the frustration is further compounded because I was never told I have to do the command:
IFCONFIG WLAN0 UP to get the wlan0 side of things (slightly more) working.
However, all the commands still insist that there is no device found.
3 - There are a few different MODES in which Kali can be run.
Question: While mucking about trying to get the WLAN0 working, I discovered that the machine was in KIOSK MODE. I think that was made evident when I was trying to set things on the main screen, and when I rebooted I was told that there were changes made and I should save them but when it rebooted it said it couldn't load them because it was in KIOSK MODE.
More searching and I was told I had to go to a directory and delete all the files and it would then boot not in KIOSK MODE. This didn't happen. It still says/implies it is because of these errors which appear when booting about changes which can't be done while in KIOSK MODE.
4 - There is more to the WiFi world than air*-ng commands. There are also IW commands.
None of them really explain much and are not helpful when trying penetration testing on a WiFi network either. Half those commands say "No device found (-19)"
5 - Which image to download/install?
(This has been resolved but only after extreme head collision with the brick wall multiple times)
I went to the site where "all the images are" and scrolled to the Rasp Pi. There are a few of them.
2 of which are both called the same (basically). One is 1.1 Gig, and one is 1.6 Gig.
The 1.6 Gig image gets to the log on screen and then LOCKS UP. I can SSH into the machine, but that is of little use doing things that way. The 1.1 Gig image boots, but is so "out dated" that an update/upgrade is needed to get things half working.
I don't mind putting in the time to learn about things, but it just seems beyond belief that from what I am seeing: Most of the OS is "missing".
There is no LEAF PAD (or equivalent) to view text files from the GUI.
Although there is little resolution for anyone seeking help here - other than which image to download - I hope other people with similar problems can help push for some better help for people like "us" who are new to this and need help. Not because we are lazy, but because the whole thing is not really well put together.
