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Thread: Finding a way to run a Raspberry Pi headless wirelessly

  1. #1

    Finding a way to run a Raspberry Pi headless wirelessly

    I thought this would be easy, but after days I'm no closer to a solution. I'm using the kali-linux-2018.4-rpi0w-nexmon.img on a Raspberry Pi0W. The three basic ways I can think of to access a Pi wirelessly are:

    1) Bluetooth over serial using getty/agetty and rfcomm
    2) Bluetooth PAN
    3) Wifi AP

    The first method showed the most promise. I even got it to work, but it doesn't seem to be a full terminal. Certain programs (Wifite, apt-get) give errors about not being able to create child processes. If anyone wants to try, these were my steps:

    Set Bluetooth Name:
    echo PRETTY_HOSTNAME=Kali-Pi > /etc/machine-info

    Stop ModemManager from interfering:
    systemctl stop ModemManager
    systemctl disable ModemManager
    Modify /etc/bluetooth/main.conf:
    [Policy]
    AutoEnable=true
    Edit /lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service to enable BT services:
    ExecStart=/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd -C
    ExecStartPost=/bin/hciconfig hci0 piscan
    ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/sdptool add SP

    Start and enable bluetooth service:
    systemctl enable bluetooth
    systemctl start bluetooth
    Create systemd service /etc/systemd/system/rfcomm.service
    [Unit]
    Description=RFCOMM service
    After=bluetooth.service
    Requires=bluetooth.service

    [Service]
    ExecStart=/usr/bin/rfcomm watch hci0 1 setsid /sbin/agetty --8bits --noclear -L rfcomm0 115200 linux

    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target

    Enable and start the rfcomm service:
    systemctl enable rfcomm
    systemctl start rfcomm
    Enable and start Bluetooth Service:
    systemctl enable bluetooth
    systemctl start bluetooth

    Then:
    sudo systemctl start hciuart.service

    Pairing and Connecting:
    bluetoothctl
    discoverable on
    pairable on



    Once Paired:
    bluetoothctl
    discoverable off
    pairable off
    trust <BT-MAC of client>

    THEN! To allow this Bluetooth connection to log on, we need to edit a file

    nano /etc/securetty

    And add rfcomm0

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    The second way was to set up a Bluetooth PAN. This almost worked, but I wasn't able to configure my phone or Windows computer to use the PAN, and I couldn't figure out the IP address of the Pi to SSH to.

    1. image kali-linux-2018.4-rpi0w-nexmon.img to a MicroSD
    2. apt update && apt full-upgrade -y
    3. reboot
    4. systemctl start hciuart
    5. systemctl start bluetooth
    6. bluetoothctl
    > agent on
    > default-agent
    > scan on
    > scan off
    > pair XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
    > trust XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

    The XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX device should now be paired and trusted
    Now, we install and start the PAN

    cd /home
    mkdir Pi
    cd pi
    git clone https://github.com/re4son/Kali-Pi
    cd /home/pi/Kali-Pi
    git pull
    cd Menus/RAS-AP/
    ./bt-pan-ap-install
    systemctl enable pan
    systemctl start pan


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    The third way, using Wifi, didn't work too well either. This is what I did:
    Install Prerequisites:

    sudo apt-get -y install hostapd dnsmasq
    Or
    sudo apt-get -y install hostapd dnsmasq dhcpcd5

    Set a Static IP Address:
    sudo nano /etc/dhcpcd.conf

    At the end of the file, add this line:
    denyinterfaces wlan0

    Set a Static IP for the wlan0 Interface:
    sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
    At the bottom of this file, add these lines:
    allow-hotplug wlan0
    iface wlan0 inet static
    address 192.168.5.1
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    network 192.168.5.0
    broadcast 192.168.5.255
    Configure hostapd:

    sudo nano /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
    The file may not exist. Put these lines in the file:

    interface=wlan0
    driver=nl80211
    ssid=Kali-Pi
    hw_mode=g
    channel=8
    ieee80211n=1
    wmm_enabled=1
    ht_capab=[HT40][SHORT-GI-20][DSSS_CCK-40]
    macaddr_acl=0
    auth_algs=1
    ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
    wpa=2
    wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
    wpa_passphrase=Just-a-password
    rsn_pairwise=CCMP
    Configure hostapd Startup:

    sudo nano /etc/default/hostapd
    Replace this line:
    #DAEMON_CONF=""
    With this line:
    DAEMON_CONF="/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf"
    Configure Dnsmasq:

    sudo mv /etc/dnsmasq.conf /etc/dnsmasq.conf.bak
    sudo nano /etc/dnsmasq.conf
    The file should be blank. Put this in it:

    interface=wlan0
    listen-address=192.168.5.1
    bind-interfaces
    server=8.8.8.8
    domain-needed
    bogus-priv
    dhcp-range=192.168.5.100,192.168.5.200,24h


    When I run this, I never get an IP address.

    When I try it the Re4son way:


    cd /home
    mkdir pi
    cd pi
    git clone https://github.com/re4son/Kali-Pi
    cd /home/pi/Kali-Pi
    git pull
    cd Menus/RAS-AP/


    To configure password and SSID, edit the config file:
    nano /home/pi/Kali-Pi/Menus/RAS-AP/ras-ap.conf

    To run it:
    /home/pi/Kali-Pi/Menus/RAS-AP/ras-ap.sh start

    When I run it, I get:

    --------------------------------
    START Remote Access WiFi AP
    --------------------------------
    sed: can't read /RAS-AP/ras-ap.conf: No such file or directory
    /home/pi/Kali-Pi/Menus/RAS-AP/ras-ap.sh: line 33: /usr/sbin/hostapd: No such file or directory
    RTNETLINK answers: File exists
    SIOCADDRT: File exists

    dnsmasq: cannot read /RAS-AP/dnsmasq-dhcpd.conf: No such file or directory


    Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong with any of these?

  2. #2
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    Looks like you need hostapd: " /usr/sbin/hostapd: No such file or directory"

    Give it a try with 2019.1

  3. #3
    Ok, I installed a fresh 2019.1 (I skipped it as I found Bluetooth issues with it earlier), and followed the steps I outlined. I get the exact same errors. It does appear hostapd is missing, but it looked like /home/pi/Kali-Pi/Menus/RAS-AP/ras-ap.conf was it's replacement. I could copy ras-ap.conf to hostapd.conf, but having two files, which might get out of sync if I accidentally modified one, and not sure which one is being used, sounds like a bad idea to me. I'm guessing that I'm missing steps.

  4. #4
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    Australia
    Posts
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    Looks like everything you are trying to do is provided by Kali Pi-Tail out of the box, and more:

    • USB mass storage
    • WiFi tethering
    • Bluetooth tethering
    • USB tethering
    • WiFi-AP tethering


    https://re4son.com/pi-tail

    Some more detail:
    https://github.com/Re4son/RPi-Tweaks.../Pi-Tail.HOWTO


    Source:
    https://github.com/Re4son/RPi-Tweaks...master/pi-tail

    Hope that helps

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