I'm trying to install Kismet and have hit a wall.
So far i have done the following in the kismet folder:

./configure;
make dep;
make;
make install;

the make install stops for this reason:

cannot change ownership of '/usr/local/man/man1/kismet.1' opperation not permited

anyone have any ideas on what to do?

Are you installing it as a normal user or root user ???

Try installing it as root.

$ --->[ in the terminal indicates normal user]
# --->[ in the terminal indicates root user]

Use $su - [to switch to root user mode from normal user mode]..


If all else fails try this -->chmod a+rw -R /usr/local/man/man1/
to set the permissions for all users to have access to the above folder and do the #make install

Happy Sniffing

I tried the above, but no luck.

I forgot to list that I'm using slackware 10.0 with the 2.6.9 kernel.
I am trying to do the install as root.
I was wondering if I had to install it from a certain location, right now I'm doing it from /root.

Any help is much appreciated

Can you post the last lines[errors] of the #make install.

try doing -->
#su -
#configure --prefix=/usr
#make
#make install

root@Slacker:~/kismet-2004-10-R1# make install
make -e commoninstall
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/kismet-2004-10-R1'
mkdir -p /usr/local/etc
mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
install -o "root" -g "root" -m 755 scripts/kismet /usr/local/bin/kismet
install -o "root" -g "root" -s -m 755 kismet_client /usr/local/bin/kismet_client
# install -o "root" -g "root" -s -m 755 /usr/local/bin/
mkdir -p /usr/local/man/man1
install -o "root" -g "man" -m 644 man/kismet.1 /usr/local/man/man1/kismet.1
install: cannot change ownership of `/usr/local/man/man1/kismet.1': Operation not permitted
make[1]: *** [commoninstall] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/kismet-2004-10-R1'
make: *** [install] Error 2
root@Slacker:~/kismet-2004-10-R1#

still no luck