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Package Details: nrf-sniffer-ble 4.1.1-3

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Git Clone URL:	https://aur.archlinux.org/nrf-sniffer-ble.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base:	nrf-sniffer-ble
Description:	nRF Sniffer for Bluetooth LE - firmware, SnifferAPI and Wireshark plugin
Upstream URL:	https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-tools/nRF-Sniffer-for-Bluetooth-LE
Keywords:	ble bluetooth nrf wireshark
Licenses:	custom
Submitter:	labuwx
Maintainer:	labuwx
Last Packager:	labuwx
Votes:	2
Popularity:	0.004731
First Submitted:	2021-11-19 00:27 (UTC)
Last Updated:	2024-02-04 19:38 (UTC)

Dependencies (6)

python (python32^AUR, python37^AUR, python310^AUR)
python-pyserial
wireshark-cli (wireshark-gtk2^AUR, wireshark-git^AUR, wireshark-libsmi-cli^AUR)
nrf-udev^AUR (optional)
nrf5x-command-line-tools^AUR (optional) – for flashing the firmware
nrfconnect-appimage^AUR (optional) – for flashing the firmware

Required by (0)

Sources (3)

Pinned Comments

labuwx commented on 2023-07-19 22:24 (UTC)

Thanks to mniestroj's patch, now it is possible to use the extcap plugin as a non-root user.

However the extcap plugin and the SnifferAPI are not written with unprivileged users in mind. If the capture device does not appear or packets do not show up, check again as root.

The user running the sniffer must * have write access to the serial port of the nRF chip * have write access to /tmp/logs/log.txt and /tmp/logs/capture.pcap

Latest Comments

labuwx commented on 2024-02-04 19:59 (UTC)

Thanks mags. Fixed that.

mags commented on 2024-02-02 02:35 (UTC)

This fails in a clean chroot (extra-x86)64-build) as is.

This line in the PKGBUILD needs to be changed:

patch -p1 -i ../0001-drop-Filelock-use.patch

to:

patch -p1 -i 0001-drop-Filelock-use.patch

labuwx commented on 2023-07-19 22:24 (UTC)

Thanks to mniestroj's patch, now it is possible to use the extcap plugin as a non-root user.

However the extcap plugin and the SnifferAPI are not written with unprivileged users in mind. If the capture device does not appear or packets do not show up, check again as root.

The user running the sniffer must * have write access to the serial port of the nRF chip * have write access to /tmp/logs/log.txt and /tmp/logs/capture.pcap

mniestroj commented on 2023-07-12 12:27 (UTC)

After installing this package, no devices (interfaces) are discovered when using as unpriviledged user. Everything works when running as root. The reason is that the implementation of extcap plugin relies on access to /var/lock/, which is 0755 root:root.

Please consider patching this package with https://github.com/mniestroj/aur-nrf-sniffer-ble/commit/556009ac7aa4cbcf45b9fc6ccb244eb07ea0b9a5, which solves described issue.