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NAME

       linssid - graphical wireless scanner

DESCRIPTION

       LinSSID  runs  over  X  Window  and  displays locally receivable 802.11 wireless attach points and ad hoc
       networks.

       A table is displayed with various parameters such as MAC address, channel, and  signal  strength.  Graphs
       are also displayed with signal strength by channel and signal strength over time.

       LinSSID  is  graphically  and  functionally similar to inSSIDer (for Microsoft Windows) and Wifi Analyzer
       (for Android).

       LinSSID can be used to measure the local performance or to search for an interference free channel to  be
       set  in  a  wireless  router  (access  point).   The wireless established link won't be affected by these
       operations because LinSSID needn't set the monitor mode in network interface.

CONFIGURATION

       The wireless tools that LinSSID uses require root privilege to access. You can use the gksudo program  to
       run LinSSID from an ordinary user in X or run directly as root.

       To use as normal user, you will need setup the SUDO system and call the gksudo program.  To configure the
       SUDO (/etc/sudoers file), use the visudo command as root (do not edit  the  /etc/sudoers  file  directly!
       visudo will perform syntax checks before write the final configuration):

           # visudo

       If needed, you can set a preferred editor using the EDITOR environment variable:

           # EDITOR=mcedit visudo

       The  next  step is grant access as root to linssid. Considering a ordinary user called eriberto, you will
       need add the following line at end of file:

           eriberto  ALL = /usr/bin/linssid

       To start LinSSID, via command line, use:

           $ gksudo linssid

       To start in X Window, click over the icon created in desktop menu. Note that this icon will  execute  the
       'gksudo linssid' command. So, will you need the /etc/sudoers well configured to get success.

       The  other  way to run LinSSID is to launch it from a root account or with su or sudo. To run directly as
       root, you will need to use the xhost command to grant to root the  necessary  permission  to  use  the  X
       environment.

SEE ALSO

       gksu(1), sudo(8), visudo(8), xhost(1)

AUTHOR

       The LinSSID was written by Warren Severin <wseverin@warsev.com>.

       This  manual  page  was  written by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org> for the Debian project
       (but may be used by others).