RE: Nmap

["Steve Fletcher" <safletcher () insightbb com>]

I can't guarantee that this problem is fixed in newer versions of nmap, but
I highly recommend you upgrade to a newer version.  The last I checked, the
latest version is 3.81.

It would be worth upgrading to see if that resolves your problem.

Steve Fletcher
MCSE (NT4/Win2k), MCSE: Security (Win2k), HP Master ASE, CCNA, Security+
Email:  safletcher () insightbb com
Web:  http://safletcher.home.insightbb.com
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Mathew Jose [mailto:jose.jmathew () gmail com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 6:39 PM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Nmap

Hi,

I am using Nmap  version 3.00  to do a ping sweep of a network on 
Enterprise Redhat Linux   2.4.21-27.


Thh command line I use is  "nmap -sP 192.168.1.1/24 "


When I am running the ping sweep as normal user   I am able to
discover some  devices in the network.

But when I run the ping sweep as root user it is detecting more
devices and in some cases reporting non existing host as running.

Anyone hit this issue before ?



-Pran