Re: Nmap 6.01 Error

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 06:16:21PM +0530, TAS wrote:
> On 17 October 2012 08:48, David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 05:10:36PM +0530, TAS wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I updated NMAP on my BackTrack. It is upgraded to 6.01 and I get the
> > > following error when I try to run a version scan (-A or -sV). Any help?
> > >
> > > Starting Nmap 6.01 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2012-10-16 07:37 EDT
> > > NSE: failed to initialize the script engine:
> > > /usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:671: 'version' did not match a
> > > category, filename, or directory
> > > stack traceback:
> > >         [C]: in function 'error'
> > >         /usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:671: in function
> > > 'get_chosen_scripts'
> > >         /usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:1103: in main chunk
> > >         [C]: ?
> >
> > This looks like a problem with the script.db file. Possibly something
> > went wrong with the installation. How did you install the program? Is
> > the Backtrack installation of Nmap still present?
>
> Just the way it was on the nmap documentation.
>
> bzip2 -cd nmap-6.01.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
> cd nmap-6.01
> ./configure
> make
> su root
> make install
>
> Is the Backtrack installation of Nmap still present? The one that was
> installed on the BT5 -r2 I just updated that.

I'm not able to reproduce this. See if you can find out some more
information on your own. Run with -d3 to see where files are being
loaded from. What are the contents of /usr/local/share/nmap/scripts?
What are the contents of /usr/local/share/nmap/scripts/script.db? What
are the exact command-line options you are using?

David Fifield
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