RE: Setting up ettercap. 04-15-2011, 12:29 PM
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(04-15-2011, 03:59 AM).LiT Wrote: Hey I just want to say I love your guides and tutorials! Now im familiar with uncommenting the two lines I always make sure that is done before using ettercap. I also issue the echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward command. But i'm just wondering exactly what you are doing when you change the ec_uid and ec_gid numbers to 0. I don't know what those really mean.
I also have another question odd maybe. I use ettercap and ssl strip sucessfully in Backtrack wired but I just cant get it to work wireless. I was told to simply use -i wlan0 (wlan0 is my wireless interface on my comp)when I run ettercap but it never works. I wont get any errors and it will say its arp poisoning victims fine but it just seems to not work. I know because I test on my own network. Could just be MY network being weird.
When you change the ec_uid and ec_gid to zero its like running ettercap as admin.
Now when you run ettercap sometimes its unstable