Re: Problem while running nmap as root

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 06:18:52AM -0400, Colin Beckingham wrote:
> Looks like the fault was in my custom kernel.
>
> I installed Opensuse 11.2 and nmap 5.00 on the default 2.6.31.5 kernel  
> on my Toshiba Satellite 1110 and nmap/zenmap works fine both as user and  
> root. Main workstation works fine too if I boot into the default kernel.
>
> So the nmap error output is correct in pointing me at a potential  
> problem in the kernel. However searching the kernel config for  
> SOCK_PACKET comes up empty, and SOCKET is also not helpful. However  
> "PACKET" seemed to find a missing section. I checked this and lo and  
> behold it generated an af_packet and now nmap works under root.
>
> Looks like I picked up a bad .config at some point.

Great, I'm glad it worked out. I changed the error message so it says
"PACKET" instead of "SOCK_PACKET".

David Fifield
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