Tethering on Pi2 - getting "Error enabling wifi tethering: Permission denied"

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hi folks,

have read a few threads on tethering and it appears it should work under RC4 and above? I am running the following command as per a few other threads. i checked and config appears to be written to the connman.conf too

osmc@osmc:~$ sudo connmanctl tether wifi on OSMC mypassword
Wifi SSID set
Wifi passphrase set
Error enabling wifi tethering: Permission denied

not sure why? this adapter worked fine no issues under raspbmc with the hostapd hack.
osmc@osmc:~$ lsusb

lsusb
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1997:1221
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Any ideas what might be causing the issue the perm issue?

thanks in advance.

-Boris

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Have you tried using the GI to configure this as it was designed?

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hi ActionA,

thanks for the speedy reply.

i did try and configure it under the osmc --> network settings, but i couldnt see anywhere that looked like i could enable tethering and in which interface order.

I also had a look /search in the osmc wiki and couldnt see tethering mentioned anywhere. is there any doco you could point me too? or any pointers on what to look for?

thanks mate.

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Is your OSMC install up to date ? If you have both an Ethernet and Wifi connection you will get a Tethering option appearing in networking below Wireless.

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If you don’t you are probably running an old version of OSMC, so use the updater to bring it up to date.

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hi guys, thanks…

i rebuilt it on the latest image and its working fine ;c)

“gremlins”

thanks :c)