Re: msfconsole 'db_driver' command reported as 'Unknown command'

["HD Moore" <hdm () metasploit com>]

The MySQL database has not been supported for a long time (over a year since
it was deprecated). Since PostgreSQL is the only supported backend and we
ship a fully configured PostgreSQL server with the installer, the db_driver
command become useless and was removed  a few months back. The current
Metasploit schema relies on PostgreSQL specific features such as INET()
column types and array routines, so it isn' t just a matter of adding the
driver back to the code base.

Besides, MySQL is terrible :)
https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2012/06/11/cve-2012-2
122-a-tragically-comedic-security-flaw-in-mysql

-HD

-----Original Message-----
From: framework-bounces () spool metasploit com
[mailto:framework-bounces () spool metasploit com] On Behalf Of George
Birmingham
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 3:10 PM
To: framework () spool metasploit com
Subject: [framework] msfconsole 'db_driver' command reported as 'Unknown
command'

Greetings,

I have two different systems running Metasploit with the msfconsole at 
4.4.0-dev [core:4.4 api:1.0] on one system and at v4.3.0-release 
[core:4.3 api:1.0] on the other and neither instance will recognize the 
'db_driver' command.  As a result, I am unable to use MySql as my 
database and am being locked into PostgreSQL database use only. When I 
originally built both systems ( around 9/2/2011), the msfconsole was at 
4.0.0-release, and the db-driver command worked fine. I know this 
because I built an msfconsole.rc script to allow me to choose either 
PostgreSQL or MySQL as the active database on launching msfconsole, and 
it utilizes the db_driver command.

I regularly run msfupdate, but I did not pay close attention as to when 
the versions had changed over time. Today when I launched msfconsole I 
get the 'Unknown command: db_driver' error, and cannot use my MySQL 
database.  I performed a non-exhaustive Google search on this problem 
and see that a number of people have been seeking an answer to this same 
problem.

Am I doing something wrong, or has the command be removed ? And if the 
command has been removed, are we now locked into PostgreSQL database use 
only ?

Thanks for your time...!

Best regards,

George Birmingham
sec_engineer () roadrunner com

_______________________________________________
https://mail.metasploit.com/mailman/listinfo/framework


_______________________________________________
https://mail.metasploit.com/mailman/listinfo/framework