How to grab Wifi passwords with only 2 commands

[slimslob]

Re: How to grab Wifi passwords with only 2 commands

I will try it, but my desktop doesn't have Wi-Fi, my laptop does, but I cleaned the keyboard last week, and now it just repeats a certain key, kind of difficult putting the password in. Ordered a new one last week.

Win + Ctrl + O (the letter not the number) will turn on the On Screen Keyboard. It is a lot more convenient than an external key board. I have been using it for some time now because the i, y, l, the 0 on the ten key and the Enter key of the main key board quit working.

[Tricky]

Re: How to grab Wifi passwords with only 2 commands

yep, i updated my script to not use netsh. Saw this myself after uploading it... Now it uses nmcli

I will try it, but my desktop doesn't have Wi-Fi, my laptop does, but I cleaned the keyboard last week, and now it just repeats a certain key, kind of difficult putting the password in. Ordered a new one last week.

[techsxge]

Re: How to grab Wifi passwords with only 2 commands

Got a question, can either of them be used on a Mac?

nope.

[slimslob]

Re: How to grab Wifi passwords with only 2 commands

Got a question, can either of them be used on a Mac?

[techsxge]

Re: How to grab Wifi passwords with only 2 commands

So glad the Linux world made nmcli all but a standard. It's a pain having to remember what tools work on what distribution.

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standardisation is like the biggest thing holding people back on using linux i feel like.
nmcli should be supported by most ubuntu and redhat versions. Debian i am not too sure about

[rthonpm]

Re: How to grab Wifi passwords with only 2 commands

So glad the Linux world made nmcli all but a standard. It's a pain having to remember what tools work on what distribution.

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[techsxge]

Re: How to grab Wifi passwords with only 2 commands

It's more than just changing the string. You're using native Windows commands like netsh which aren't understood by Linux. It would be like trying to get a script calling chkdsk to work in RHEL: it's not going to know what you're trying to do.

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yep, i updated my script to not use netsh. Saw this myself after uploading it... Now it uses nmcli

[techsxge]

Re: How to grab Wifi passwords with only 2 commands

On linux it would be smarter to just do it with a python script. I quickly translated this code so forgive any mistakes:

import subprocess


wifi_profiles_info = subprocess.check_output(['nmcli', '-t', '-f', 'SSID', 'connection', 'show', '--active']).decode('utf-8')
wifi_profiles = [line.strip() for line in wifi_profiles_info.split('\n')]


print("Available Wi-Fi networks:")
for index, profile in enumerate(wifi_profiles):
    print(f"{index + 1}. {profile}")


selection = input("Select a Wi-Fi network (enter the number): ")
try:
    selected_profile = wifi_profiles[int(selection) - 1]
except (ValueError, IndexError):
    selected_profile = None


if selected_profile:
    wifi_password_info = subprocess.check_output(['nmcli', '-s', '-g', '802-11-wireless-security.psk', 'connection', 'show', selected_profile]).decode('utf-8')
    wifi_password = wifi_password_info.strip()


    print(f"Wi-Fi network: {selected_profile}")
    print(f"Password: {wifi_password}")
else:
    print("No Wi-Fi network selected.")

Updated this code as netsh is not available on linux, my bad

[rthonpm]

Re: How to grab Wifi passwords with only 2 commands

not too sure if powershell is 1:1 supported by linux.

In any case bin/sh would be for shell scripts, not powershell scripts.
You would need to add:

#!/usr/bin/pwsh -Command

It's more than just changing the string. You're using native Windows commands like netsh which aren't understood by Linux. It would be like trying to get a script calling chkdsk to work in RHEL: it's not going to know what you're trying to do.

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[techsxge]

Re: How to grab Wifi passwords with only 2 commands

On linux it would be smarter to just do it with a python script. I quickly translated this code so forgive any mistakes:

import subprocess


wifi_profiles_info = subprocess.check_output(['nmcli', '-t', '-f', 'SSID', 'connection', 'show', '--active']).decode('utf-8')
wifi_profiles = [line.strip() for line in wifi_profiles_info.split('\n')]


print("Available Wi-Fi networks:")
for index, profile in enumerate(wifi_profiles):
    print(f"{index + 1}. {profile}")


selection = input("Select a Wi-Fi network (enter the number): ")
try:
    selected_profile = wifi_profiles[int(selection) - 1]
except (ValueError, IndexError):
    selected_profile = None


if selected_profile:
    wifi_password_info = subprocess.check_output(['nmcli', '-s', '-g', '802-11-wireless-security.psk', 'connection', 'show', selected_profile]).decode('utf-8')
    wifi_password = wifi_password_info.strip()


    print(f"Wi-Fi network: {selected_profile}")
    print(f"Password: {wifi_password}")
else:
    print("No Wi-Fi network selected.")

[techsxge]

Re: How to grab Wifi passwords with only 2 commands

Can I add #!/bin/sh to the beginning of that script for Linux?

not too sure if powershell is 1:1 supported by linux.

In any case bin/sh would be for shell scripts, not powershell scripts.
You would need to add:

#!/usr/bin/pwsh -Command

[rthonpm]

Re: How to grab Wifi passwords with only 2 commands

Can I add #!/bin/sh to the beginning of that script for Linux?

No.

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[Tricky]

Re: How to grab Wifi passwords with only 2 commands

I made a script that will let you extract the passwords from any recently connected wifi to just simplify this.

Script:
https://github.com/vlc3n/FuckUrBatch...fipassword.ps1

Compiled to exe:
Release wifiPassword.ps1 compiled to .exe * vlc3n/FuckUrBatch * GitHub

Can I add #!/bin/sh to the beginning of that script for Linux?

[techsxge]

Re: How to grab Wifi passwords with only 2 commands

I made a script that will let you extract the passwords from any recently connected wifi to just simplify this.

Script:

https://github.com/vlc3n/FuckUrBatch/blob/main/ps/wifipassword.ps1

Compiled to exe:
Release wifiPassword.ps1 compiled to .exe * vlc3n/FuckUrBatch * GitHub

Its open source, so you dont have to worry about any bloatware being installed or the script doing shady things.

[dalewb74]

Re: How to grab Wifi passwords with only 2 commands

yeah that works well, have used it before. only works though if the person has connected once to the network. then they forgot the password. and for whatever reason was disconnected. run both of those commands and you have the info you need. you can blow someone's mind with that trick. lol