Re: Suggestion for Docs

["Hans Nilsson" <hasse_gg () ftml net>]

On Windows Vista this is what I get (although it's not the latest
version):

"
Starting Nmap 4.76 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2010-01-14 11:31 Västeuropa,
normaltid

Warning: Hostname www.google.com resolves to 6 IPs. Using 66.102.13.105.

dnet: Failed to open device eth4

QUITTING!
"

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:17:56 -0800, "Fyodor" <fyodor () insecure org> said:
> On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 11:56:53AM -0800, Richards, Toby wrote:
> > I humbly suggest that the "Executing Nmap on Windows" section of your web
> > site (http://nmap.org/book/inst-windows.html#inst-win-exec ) include the
> > following information: If on Windows 7, you must right-click the Zenmap
> > icon, and select "Run as Administrator" even if you are logged on as an
> > administrator. Similarly, to run Nmap on Windows 7, you must open the
> > command prompt with administrator privileges. While there are multiple ways
> > to do this, one way is to right-click the command prompt shortcut, and
> > select "Run as Administrator." Even if you already are logged in as an
> > administrator, failing to follow these instructions will result in an error
> > that Nmap cannot identify the Ethernet interface.
>
> Hi Toby.  Thanks for your suggestion.  I would like to figure out what
> is causing this issue, as I don't need to follow these steps on my
> Windows 7 system (Home Premium X64 running under VMWare).  I tried
> Nmap 5.10BETA2 with the default install options, and with the "start
> NPF on system startup" option unchecked.  I tried both Zenmap and
> command-line Nmap, with reboots between them to insure that Winpcap
> loaded from an earlier run doesn't affect a later run.
>
> There must be something different in our Windows 7 configurations.
> Can you post the exact error message you receive when running Nmap
> without taking these extra steps?  While adjusting the documentation
> is important, it is even better if Nmap itself can detect the error
> and tell users what to do.
>
> Has anyone else here experienced this issue?
>
> Cheers,
> Fyodor
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