HELP ON OUT TO write a little program that....

[sarium]

Hi

I am not an expert on linux /ubuntu and this is my problem:

I want to keep my wireless card ( BCM43 broadcom) in Monitor mode, I am able to set it that way but the card goes back after a little (1-2minutes) to managed mode.

since no one so far knows out to solve that I though to write a little routine that run every 60sec or so the instruction

sudo iwconfig eth1 mode monitor

like if there was someone typing it in the terminal...

is it possible and how could I do that...? ...

thank you


Raf

[qix]

I know you can make scheduled events with crontab. I'd assume you "just need to" make a .sh script and make root execute it every minute through crontab.

It's just a lead. I'm no expert myself.

[bobbocanfly]

This shouls work but you would need to enter your SU password every time you run the script


while [ 1 ]; do
# Commands here.
done

[kpatz]

while [ 1 ]; do
# Commands here.
doneThat will hog resources as it'll run the command over and over ad infinitum with no pause in between. It would be better to use:


while sleep 60; do
# Commands here.
done

Change the 60 as needed depending on how often the command needs to run. Save it as a script and run it with sudo.