Tom - buried in his messages were this - note it is a non-privileged installation, so it might very well be what you noted as a potential installation user error.
weewx@raspberrypi:~ $ pip3 list --verbose | grep pcap pypcap 1.3.0 /home/weewx/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages pip And earlier he did install as a non-privileged user, not as root weewx@raspberrypi:~ $ pip3 install pypcap Looking in indexes: https://pypi.org/simple, https://www.piwheels.org/simple Collecting pypcap Using cached pypcap-1.3.0.tar.gz (140 kB) Building wheels for collected packages: pypcap Building wheel for pypcap (setup.py) ... done Created wheel for pypcap: filename=pypcap-1.3.0-cp39-cp39-linux_aarch64.whl size=429390 sha256=9518b4a7995ae893c438017a17dbf0d5722b7e338063ba1c94c9187b4c80551a Stored in directory: /home/weewx/.cache/pip/wheels/dd/3f/d4/51ab4f449c379dc65a12d7451f302cc9b388ff44bbc4a61530 Successfully built pypcap Installing collected packages: pypcap Successfully installed pypcap-1.3.0 So Michael - you might try "sudo pip3 install pypcap" so it works for root too...... On Monday, April 24, 2023 at 5:28:45 PM UTC-7 vince wrote: > Tom - what's happening is he's not finding the pcap python module when > running as root, but 'is' finding it when running as a non-privileged user, > so my guess (guess) is there are multiple python interpreters installed, > although he has so many old variants of a pip installed (or attempted > install) pcap that it's really confusing. > > A vanilla 32-bit raspios running his exact commands works fine, so there's > definitely something in his setup that is hosed up. > > On Monday, April 24, 2023 at 5:19:49 PM UTC-7 Tom Keffer wrote: > >> I'm not following this exchange closely, so it's entirely possible I >> don't know what's going on. >> >> What I will note is that both the shell path and PYTHONPATH are >> completely different if the python interpreter is run with "sudo". If you >> installed pypcap using pip, this could make you vulnerable. >> >> But, my comment may be completely irrelevant. >> >> On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 4:06 PM Michael <m.j.za...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> 2023-02-21-raspios-bullseye-arm64.img >>> >>> >>> weewx@raspberrypi:~ $ uname -a >>> Linux raspberrypi 6.1.21-v8+ #1642 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 3 17:24:16 BST >>> 2023 aarch64 GNU/Linux >>> weewx@raspberrypi:~ $ which python >>> /usr/bin/python >>> weewx@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo which python >>> [sudo] password for weewx: >>> /usr/bin/python >>> weewx@raspberrypi:~ $ echo $PATH >>> >>> /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games >>> weewx@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo bash -c 'echo $PATH' >>> /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin >>> weewx@raspberrypi:~ $ >>> On Monday, April 24, 2023 at 4:00:50 PM UTC-7 vince wrote: >>> >>>> Lets see the following: >>>> >>>> - uname -a >>>> >>>> >>>> - which python >>>> - sudo which python >>>> >>>> >>>> - echo $PATH >>>> - sudo bash -c 'echo $PATH' >>>> >>>> >>>> It looks like you're running a 64-bit os perhaps ? Which one >>>> specifically ? >>>> >>>> Other than some odd 32-bit vs. 64-bit thing happening, I can only >>>> conclude that you have multiple python3 instances installed and root's >>>> $PATH is picking up the wrong one unless the commands above return >>>> something really odd... >>>> >>>> On Monday, April 24, 2023 at 3:21:01 PM UTC-7 Michael wrote: >>>> >>>>> weewx@raspberrypi:~ $ dpkg -l | grep pcap >>>>> ii libpcap0.8:arm64 1.10.0-2 >>>>> arm64 system interface for user-level packet capture >>>>> ii libpcap0.8-dev:arm64 1.10.0-2 >>>>> arm64 development library and header files for libpcap0.8 >>>>> weewx@raspberrypi:~ $ pip3 list --verbose | grep pcap >>>>> pypcap 1.3.0 >>>>> /home/weewx/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages pip >>>>> weewx@raspberrypi:~ $ python3 -c 'import pcap' >>>>> weewx@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo python3 -c 'import pcap' >>>>> [sudo] password for weewx: >>>>> >>>>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>>>> File "<string>", line 1, in <module> >>>>> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pcap' >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, April 24, 2023 at 3:14:33 PM UTC-7 vince wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> From a clean RaspiOS that works.... >>>>>> >>>>>> pi@pi4jr:~ $ dpkg -l | grep pcap >>>>>> ii libpcap0.8:armhf 1.10.0-2 >>>>>> armhf system interface for user-level packet capture >>>>>> >>>>>> pi@pi4jr:~ $ pip3 list --verbose | grep pcap >>>>>> pypcap 1.3.0 /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages pip >>>>>> >>>>>> pi@pi4jr:~ $ python3 -c 'import pcap' >>>>>> pi@pi4jr:~ $ echo $? >>>>>> 0 >>>>>> >>>>>> pi@pi4jr:~ $ sudo python3 -c 'import pcap' >>>>>> pi@pi4jr:~ $ echo $? >>>>>> 0 >>>>>> >>>>>> On Monday, April 24, 2023 at 12:51:47 PM UTC-7 Michael wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> weewx@raspberrypi:/usr/share/weewx/user $ python --version >>>>>>> Python 3.9.2 >>>>>>> weewx@raspberrypi:/usr/share/weewx/user $ python3 --version >>>>>>> Python 3.9.2 >>>>>>> weewx@raspberrypi:/usr/share/weewx/user $ ^C >>>>>>> weewx@raspberrypi:/usr/share/weewx/user $ sudo >>>>>>> PYTHONPATH=/usr/share/weewx python /usr/share/weewx/user/interceptor.py >>>>>>> --device=wu-client --mode=sniff --iface=eth0 --filter="src 192.168.50.9 >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> dst port 80" >>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>>>>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/user/interceptor.py", line 2671, in <module> >>>>>>> device = InterceptorDriver.DEVICE_TYPES.get(options.device_type)( >>>>>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/user/interceptor.py", line 728, in __init__ >>>>>>> super(WUClient, self).__init__( >>>>>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/user/interceptor.py", line 427, in __init__ >>>>>>> self._server = Consumer.SniffServer( >>>>>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/user/interceptor.py", line 466, in __init__ >>>>>>> import pcap >>>>>>> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pcap' >>>>>>> weewx@raspberrypi:/usr/share/weewx/user $ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Monday, April 24, 2023 at 12:48:18 PM UTC-7 vince wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Again, your python is messed up or you have python (2) and python3 >>>>>>>> installed. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This worked on a clean raspios. Same as your command just with an >>>>>>>> absolute path to interceptor.py >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> sudo PYTHONPATH=/usr/share/weewx python >>>>>>>> /usr/share/weewx/user/interceptor.py --device=wu-client --mode=sniff >>>>>>>> --iface=eth0 --filter="src 192.168.50.9 and dst port 80" >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Try 'python --version' to verify it reports the same thing as >>>>>>>> 'python3 --version'. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Monday, April 24, 2023 at 10:45:31 AM UTC-7 Michael wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> sudo PYTHONPATH=/usr/share/weewx python interceptor.py >>>>>>>>> --device=wu-client --mode=sniff --iface=eth0 --filter="src >>>>>>>>> 192.168.50.9 and >>>>>>>>> dst port 80" >>>>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>>>>>>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/user/interceptor.py", line 2671, in >>>>>>>>> <module> >>>>>>>>> device = >>>>>>>>> InterceptorDriver.DEVICE_TYPES.get(options.device_type)( >>>>>>>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/user/interceptor.py", line 728, in >>>>>>>>> __init__ >>>>>>>>> super(WUClient, self).__init__( >>>>>>>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/user/interceptor.py", line 427, in >>>>>>>>> __init__ >>>>>>>>> self._server = Consumer.SniffServer( >>>>>>>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/user/interceptor.py", line 466, in >>>>>>>>> __init__ >>>>>>>>> import pcap >>>>>>>>> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pcap' >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Monday, April 24, 2023 at 10:36:39 AM UTC-7 vince wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Monday, April 24, 2023 at 9:34:36 AM UTC-7 Michael wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I am trying to install WeeWx on my Raspi with Interceptor with a >>>>>>>>>> WU-Client coming from 192.168.50.9. So far I am ending up with the >>>>>>>>>> following error message when trying to run the driver directly and >>>>>>>>>> no >>>>>>>>>> results in WeeWx. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Activateing packet capture failed. Error returned by packet >>>>>>>>>> capture library was b'socket: Operation not permitted' >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> [...omitting waaaaay too many lines.....] >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Your last command was: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> weewx@raspberrypi:/usr/share/weewx/user $ >>>>>>>>>> PYTHONPATH=/usr/share/weewx python interceptor.py --device=wu-client >>>>>>>>>> --mode=sniff --iface=eth0 --filter="src 192.168.50.9 and dst port 80" >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> You need to do that as root. 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