[!] IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/root/.needle/tmp/plist' about needle

[mehadhe]

Even I've tried the following command outside the needle environment

M285551M5HTDD:~ mehadhe_sameer$ sshpass -p "<my_password>" scp -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -P 2222 [email protected]:"/private/var/containers/Bundle/Application/DCEA8952-7AFA-4C1C-968A-C1B55F4CFF7F/SampleiOStestapplication.app/Info.plist" /var/root/.needle/tmp/plist
Warning: Permanently added '[127.0.0.1]:2222' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.

It always throws the warning as stated above.

[Yogehi]

Your log shows that you are trying to pull the plist file from the iphone and place it in the /var/root directory of your macos workstation. do you have permissions to write to /var/root?

[mehadhe]

I just executed the module. I'm not pulling of my own.

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On Fri, Aug 3, 2018, 7:35 PM Ken Gannon ***@***.***> wrote: Your log shows that you are trying to pull the plist file from the iphone and place it in the /var/root directory of your macos workstation. do you have permissions to write to /var/root? — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#262 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AEoqLvXlYh8R9zpz1lQv5dTvP8eHNx3Rks5uNFiagaJpZM4Vt6Uy> .

[Yogehi]

The last green line in your screenshot shows what your local host is trying to run, which is the following:

sshpass -p "<password>" scp -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -P 2222 [email protected]:"/private/var/containers/Bundle/Application/<UUID>/<appname>.app/Info.plist" /var/root/.needle/tmp/plist

So I need to know:

1. what command are you running to launch Needle on your MacOS computer
2. do you have permissions to write to /var/root

[mehadhe]

I'm using the following command, To launch the needle framework sudo -H python ./needle.py -r config.txt And regarding the permission, I've changed it manually by navigating through Filza

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On Fri, Aug 3, 2018, 8:46 PM Ken Gannon ***@***.***> wrote: The last green line in your screenshot shows what your local host is trying to run, which is the following: sshpass -p "<password>" scp -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -P 2222 ***@***.***:"/private/var/containers/Bundle/Application/<UUID>/<appname>.app/Info.plist" /var/root/.needle/tmp/plist So I need to know: 1. what command are you running to launch Needle on your MacOS computer 2. do you have permissions to write to /var/root — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#262 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AEoqLjs0n49D_3haNNWTLXYQy2LnWqAYks5uNGlAgaJpZM4Vt6Uy> .

[marco-lancini]

@mehadhe: the path /var/root/.needle/tmp/plist refers to your local filesystem, not to your device.
The error you are facing can be due to 2 root causes:

1. you don't have permissions to write on /var/root on your host
2. your target application has a space in its filename (this is known to trigger a bug)

[mehadhe]

@marco-lancini: The path /var/root/.needle/tmp/plist was not mentioned by me. Instead, I've mentioned the path clearly in the config.txt file to save the output. If do so, Why the modules are attempting to write into the root directory?

And to your 2nd root cause, I've double checked the path and its name for whitespaces. There were no whitespaces observed as you mentioned.

[mali44]

After I tried to use single command for pulling the metada with the following command:

´´´sshpass -p PASSWORD scp -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -P 22 [email protected]:"/private/var/containers/Bundle/Application/UNIQUE_PACKAGE_NAME/PACKAGE.app/Info.plist" /DEFINED/PATH´´´

It says you need to install "sshpas". Installing it (if you don't) solves your problem.
Maybe the other missing dependencies will occur this problem.