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installing Fluxion for pentesting ; installation error || xterm not initialized (as a root usr)

my working conditions are :-

\\fedora 26 workstation with 8 gb ram and a 2 tb hdd

\\ on running uname -a following information is disclosed :-

Code:

[avatsraj@hacker fluxion]$ uname -a

Linux hacker 4.14.8-200.fc26.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Dec 20 19:05:23 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

the problem i am encountering is with installing a pentest software/framework called Fluxion .After cloning the files from git hub with the following command :-

Code:

[root@hacker fluxion]# git clone https://github.com/FluxionNetwork/fluxion.git

.Then after opening the fluxion directory i am executing the "fluxion.sh" script to start the installation (as the root user ).
AND am encountering an ERROR with the following text:-

Code:

[root@hacker fluxion]# ./fluxion.sh 

The script failed to initialize an xterm test session.

i have already tried checking the following solution mentioned in https://github.com/FluxionNetwork/fluxion/issues/221.
After checking a variety of sources it seems this problem is common to most Linux distributions , though the solution seems to be different for each one.

problems with being unable to initialize xterm have been occurring before too . a solution to the problem will be highly appreciated .

Can you start the command xterm under root?

can you post that script please here

have you tried exchanging xterm with something else by hand? xterm is just an old outdated terminal software

xterm is not a requirement to run an X server I had it for years not installed. More a dinosaur in regards of terminals

Quote:

Originally Posted by jefro (Post 5800804)

Can you start the command xterm under root?

while running xterm as root following error occurs :-

Code:

[root@hacker fluxion]# xterm

No protocol specified

Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the root user.

The full text of the error or warning message cannot be safely formatted

in this environment. You may get a more descriptive message by running the

program as a non-root user or by removing the suid bit on the executable.

xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: %s

Its for some godforsaken reason is not able to access the display??

plz any help will be highly appreciated.

posted the script:-

(change the file extension to ".sh")