solaris/samba/trans2open -- Exploit failed: A target has not been selected.

[mail2arthur at gmail.com (arthur)]

> Looks like you're trying to use the sadmind exploit in this email,
> where as you were trying the samba exploit originally...
>
> The "Exploit failed" error is when an exception occurs in the exploit
> code. In this instance the host is not running RPC, so the exploit
> module cannot continue.
>
> The samba exploit worked correctly (do a tcpdump), but the host is
> either not vulnerable, the return address is incorrect or perhaps
> another network issue.
> Sometimes module developers will print "Exploit sent" or similar after
> sending the payload.. but many often print nothing, hence you see
> nothing. The msf> prompt should return, waiting for further input.
> -Patrick

Thanks Patrick. Actally the Samba isn't running at all. Being part of a
silly(fully autoscan) pentest, I was scanning our Solaris10 server with all
solaris exploits (even for solaris 8/9) with msfcli and get the output of
'failed...' as report. :-)

Arthur