Re: Possible error message bug in nmap-4.11 on Gentoo

[AgentSmith15 <agentsmith15 () gmail com>]

I am sure there is supposed to be a space after the -p like "-p 1-1024".
I've done the same thing in the Win32 version and it took me awhile to find
out the problem :p


On 10/12/06, Hari Sekhon <hpsekhon () googlemail com> wrote:
> I've got 4.11 on Gentoo and I have just verified this:
>
> # nmap -sP -p1-1024 192.168.1.5
>
> Starting Nmap 4.11 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2006-10-12 09:23
> BST
> No ports specified -- If you really don't want to scan any ports use
> ping scan...
> QUITTING!
>
>
> -h
>
> Hari Sekhon
>
>
>
> Mike Wallette wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > While running nmap against a host on my internal network today, I
> specified a pair of mutually incompatible options by mistake.  nmap
> displayed an error message and terminated without running the scan, as it
> should, but the error message returned didn't quite match the problem:
> > $ sudo nmap -sP -v -v -v -p1-1024 192.168.3.62
> >
> > Starting Nmap 4.11 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2006-10-11 09:36
> AKDT
> > No ports specified -- If you really don't want to scan any ports use
> ping scan...
> > QUITTING!
> > $
> >
> > As you can see, I *was* using a ping scan, and I *did* specify
> ports.  Of course, that was the problem--you shouldn't specify ports when
> running a ping scan.  Not a big problem, but I thought I would point it out,
> in case you'd like to fix it.
> > Here is the relevant system information regarding the host from which I
> was running the scan:
> > $ uname -a
> > Linux 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Sep 20 15:51:03 AKDT 2006 i686
> Genuine Intel(R) CPU           T2600  @ 2.16GHz GNU/Linux
> > $ sudo nmap -V
> >
> > Nmap version 4.11 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ )
> > $
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Michael Wallette
> > mike () gecko-ak org
> >
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