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Re: nmap doesn't work as root
From: David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:59:17 -0700
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 04:27:11PM -0500, Steven Thomas Smith wrote:
I've downloaded and compiled nmap 5.00 and have run into an old problem: nmap doesn't run correctly a root. Compare nmap behavior as user to sudo: [~]% *nmap 192.168.1.110* Starting Nmap 5.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2009-11-21 16:14 EST Warning: File ./nmap-services exists, but Nmap is using /usr/local/share/nmap/nmap-services for security and consistency reasons. set NMAPDIR=. to give priority to files in your local directory (may affect the other data files too). Interesting ports on 192.168.1.110: Not shown: 994 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 22/tcp open ssh 111/tcp open rpcbind 139/tcp open netbios-ssn 445/tcp open microsoft-ds *Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.12 seconds *[~]% *sudo nmap 192.168.1.110* Password: Starting Nmap 5.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2009-11-21 16:14 EST Warning: File ./nmap-services exists, but Nmap is using /usr/local/share/nmap/nmap-services for security and consistency reasons. set NMAPDIR=. to give priority to files in your local directory (may affect the other data files too). Warning: Unable to open interface vmnet8 -- skipping it. Warning: Unable to open interface vmnet1 -- skipping it. *Note: Host seems down. If it is really up, but blocking our ping probes, try -PN Nmap done: 1 IP address (0 hosts up) scanned in 0.26 seconds * For a history of this problem, see: * HAVE_IP_IP_SUM 0 doesn't work for root<http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2006/q1/65>
Is this on Mac OS X 10.6? If so, please try version 5.10BETA1, released yesterday. Also, there may be problems if you are running 10.6 or 10.6.1, but 10.6.2 should work fine. David Fifield _______________________________________________ Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev Archived at http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/
Current thread:
- nmap doesn't work as root Steven Thomas Smith (Nov 24)
- Re: nmap doesn't work as root David Fifield (Nov 24)
- Re: nmap doesn't work as root Steven Thomas Smith (Nov 25)
- Re: nmap doesn't work as root David Fifield (Nov 24)