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Re: nmap/Zenmap help
From: David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 08:28:55 -0700
On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 07:14:55PM -0500, Eric Tinney wrote:
I'm currently using Ubuntu 16.04, I have nmap/zenmap 7.01 installed, and Zenmap asks me for root pwd every time I open the program from the launcher. I want to upgrade both to 7.40, but when I done a fresh install of the software pair at work today, I wasn't asked for a pwd (and instead get a "non-root user" warning), and in order to run as root, I have to initiate Zenmap from command line with "sudo Zenmap". I prefer it to ask me for the password the first step when launched from the launcher instead of launching from command line. First question: To upgrade, I intended to remove/purge the nmap and Zenmap versions 7.01 that I had and do a fresh install, but I don't want what happened at work to happen at home. Is there a better way to upgrade than to remove existing, then install the debs using dpkg after making the debs with the rpms/ alien available on the nmap.org website?
I haven't tried installing debs converted from rpm, so I don't have a recommendation here.
Second question: What have I done wrong on the install at work (and avoiding until I hear from you on the install at home) to make the GUI not ask me for my root password when launching Zenmap from the launcher?
What is the contents of the .desktop file (right-click on the icon and select "Edit" or something)? There are two versions of the file, zenmap.desktop and zenmap-root.desktop: https://svn.nmap.org/nmap/zenmap/install_scripts/unix/?p=36710 They differ in the Exec line: Exec=zenmap %F Exec=su-to-zenmap.sh %F _______________________________________________ Sent through the dev mailing list https://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/dev Archived at http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/
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- nmap/Zenmap help Eric Tinney (Apr 14)
- Re: nmap/Zenmap help David Fifield (Apr 15)
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