Re: nmap in a daemon mode

[magnus () linuxtag org (Nils Magnus)]

Re,

On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 10:42:47PM +0000, Marek Denis wrote:

>       I have looked through nmap docs and google.com but haven't found
> anything. Well, some times when I scan hosts it takes hours to
> accomplish this task (for example when I use -T2 switch). I believe some
> kind of daemonize mode would be very usefull. YOu just start your nmap
> with some switches and it just go into daemon mode and do its work in
> background...maybe this mode would be possible to include into new
> releases?

What about this wrapper?

#!/bin/sh
MYOPTS="-n -sS -T2"
nmap ${MYOPTS} -oA output >/dev/null 2>&1 &

Regards,

Nils Magnus
Program-Chair LinuxTag 2005 Free Conference Program

LinuxTag 2005: Where .com meets .org - magnus () linuxtag org

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