[BUG] 30-sslsniff: make: *** [Makefile:86: /home/pegasus/Documents/bpf-developer-tutorial/src/30-sslsniff/.output/libbpf.a] Error 2

[NobinPegasus]

Describe the bug
When I'm trying to build the sslsniff tool from lesson 30 I face the following error: make: *** [Makefile:86: /home/pegasus/Documents/bpf-developer-tutorial/src/30-sslsniff/.output/libbpf.a] Error 2

To Reproduce

use make from the 30-sslsniff directory.

pegasus@pegasus:~/Documents/bpf-developer-tutorial/src/30-sslsniff$ make
  MKDIR    .output
  MKDIR    .output/libbpf
  LIB      libbpf.a
make[1]: *** /home/pegasus/Documents/bpf-developer-tutorial/src/third_party/libbpf/src: No such file or directory.  Stop.
make: *** [Makefile:86: /home/pegasus/Documents/bpf-developer-tutorial/src/30-sslsniff/.output/libbpf.a] Error 2

Expected behavior
It should build the tool properly

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

pegasus@pegasus:~$ cat /etc/os-release 
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 24.04 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="24.04"
VERSION="24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)"
VERSION_CODENAME=noble
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=noble
LOGO=ubuntu-logo
pegasus@pegasus:~$ uname -a
Linux pegasus 6.8.0-31-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Apr 20 00:40:06 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[oluceps]

Seems to miss submodules. Try

git submodule init --update --recursive

[NobinPegasus]

I already have my libbpf inside the 30-sslsniff directory and built it there. Where should I have it?

[oluceps]

Where should I have it?

git submodule update --init --recursive

Run this under the top-level of bpf-developer-tutorial directory. This will init the git submodule in ./src/thirdparty/libbpf

[NobinPegasus]

The output

pegasus@pegasus:~/Documents/bpf-developer-tutorial$ git submodule init --update --recursive
usage: git submodule [--quiet] [--cached]
   or: git submodule [--quiet] add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
   or: git submodule [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
   or: git submodule [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
   or: git submodule [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] (--all| [--] <path>...)
   or: git submodule [--quiet] update [--init [--filter=<filter-spec>]] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch] [-f|--force] [--checkout|--merge|--rebase] [--[no-]recommend-shallow] [--reference <repository>] [--recursive] [--[no-]single-branch] [--] [<path>...]
   or: git submodule [--quiet] set-branch (--default|--branch <branch>) [--] <path>
   or: git submodule [--quiet] set-url [--] <path> <newurl>
   or: git submodule [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
   or: git submodule [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command>
   or: git submodule [--quiet] sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
   or: git submodule [--quiet] absorbgitdirs [--] [<path>...]

[oluceps]

Or clone the entire repo with --recursive arg

[oluceps]

The output

pegasus@pegasus:~/Documents/bpf-developer-tutorial$ git submodule init --update --recursive
usage: git submodule [--quiet] [--cached]
   or: git submodule [--quiet] add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
   or: git submodule [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
   or: git submodule [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
   or: git submodule [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] (--all| [--] <path>...)
   or: git submodule [--quiet] update [--init [--filter=<filter-spec>]] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch] [-f|--force] [--checkout|--merge|--rebase] [--[no-]recommend-shallow] [--reference <repository>] [--recursive] [--[no-]single-branch] [--] [<path>...]
   or: git submodule [--quiet] set-branch (--default|--branch <branch>) [--] <path>
   or: git submodule [--quiet] set-url [--] <path> <newurl>
   or: git submodule [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
   or: git submodule [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command>
   or: git submodule [--quiet] sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
   or: git submodule [--quiet] absorbgitdirs [--] [<path>...]

sry it should be git submodule update --init --recursive I made a typo

[NobinPegasus]

@oluceps Thanks I was able to run it. Following the suggestions you provided.
But sslsniff is unable to provide any output.

[oluceps]

@oluceps Thanks I was able to run it. Following the suggestions you provided. But sslsniff is unable to provide any output.

Try curl --tlsv1.2 https://example.com/

[NobinPegasus]

@oluceps same result.

[Officeyutong]

@oluceps same result.

Try use the same user as sslsniff when running curl

[NobinPegasus]

They are the same user.
What do you mean?
@Officeyutong

[Officeyutong]

They are the same user.

What do you mean?

@Officeyutong

You are using root to run sslsniff but using pegasus to run curl

[NobinPegasus]

Without using sudo ./sslsniff It doesn't work.

The documentation also suggests to use sudo sslsniff in one terminal and in another terminal use curl.

It works fine with sudo curl though.
But I want to also capture normal firefox or curl traffic from sslsniff. Without using sudo.
How can I achieve it?

[Officeyutong]

Without using sudo ./sslsniff It doesn't work.

The documentation also suggests to use sudo sslsniff in one terminal and in another terminal use curl.

It works fine with sudo curl though. But I want to also capture normal firefox or curl traffic from sslsniff. Without using sudo. How can I achieve it?

It's an issue to be solved...I don't know how to capture traffic by other users. If you are interested in it, you may try to research on it