[BUG] .pwnagotchi-auto gets deleted automatically

[jesseuwu]

Describe the bug I have my pwnagotchi plugged in via the data USB port. I want it to automatically start in AI mode, so I created a /root/.pwnagotchi-auto file. The next reboot, it will start in AI, but then the file gets deleted and the following reboot will be in Manual mode again.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. run sudo touch /root/.pwnagotchi-auto
2. reboot system. system reboots into AI mode.
3. reboot again. file is deleted and system goes to Manual mode.

Expected behavior The file should stay there and pwnagotchi starts in Auto/AI mode until the file is manually deleted.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• v.1.5.5
• RPi0

[rehatiel]

Confirmed this happens to me too.

[jesseuwu]

https://github.com/evilsocket/pwnagotchi/blob/0704541dd19401229138d0e8a8f313a5904e2de9/builder/data/usr/bin/pwnagotchi-launcher#L15

I think changing this function call from is_auto_mode to is_auto_mode_no_delete would fix it. They are the same function, just one deletes the file and one doesn't.

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Was .pwnagotchi-auto intended to be a single-use file that gets deleted every restart? The page at https://pwnagotchi.ai/usage/ makes it seem like it's supposed to persist. In case it is intended as a single-use file, what's the correct way to force my device to always start in Auto mode despite using the data USB port?

You can "force" the unit to always go in AUTO mode regardless of which USB port you're using by creating the /root/.pwnagotchi-auto file.

[TQMatvey]

bump, happens to me too

[fwartner]

Still present.