Re: nmap/vmware osx bug

["Kurt Grutzmacher" <grutz () jingojango net>]

http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2006/q1/0014.html

You have too many interfaces. Delete one and try again it seems.

On 4/29/07, Garrett Reid <garrett.reid () gmail com> wrote:
> Using the -e flag doesn't work either. Oddly enough, when I say to
> use en0, it tries vmnet8 anyway.
> > garrett$ sudo nmap -e en0 localhost
> >
> > Starting Nmap 4.20 ( http://insecure.org ) at 2007-04-29 20:05 MDT
> > getinterfaces: Failed to open ethernet interface (vmnet8). A
> > possible cause on BSD operating systems is running out of BPF
> > devices (see http://seclists.org/lists/nmap-dev/2006/Jan-Mar/
> > 0014.html).
> > QUITTING!
>
> Makes no sense to me.
>
> On Apr 29, 2007, at 7:56 PM, Sina Bahram wrote:
>
> > Ok then
> >
> > I'm not sure if this is true on osx, but I know for a fact that vmware
> > installs several network adaptors  on Windows; for example, and so I'm
> > wondering if this could be part of your problem?
> >
> > Such an adaptor could possibly act as a pass through/bridge, but
> > have issues
> > with root permissions?
> >
> > What happens if you enumerate your adaptors and then use nmap's -e
> > option to
> > select one manually?
> >
> > Take care,
> > Sina
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nmap-dev-bounces () insecure org [mailto:nmap-dev-
> > bounces () insecure org]
> > On Behalf Of Garrett Reid
> > Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 9:25 PM
> > To: nmap-dev () insecure org
> > Cc: Garrett Reid
> > Subject: Re: nmap/vmware osx bug
> >
> > I'm running nmap under OSX (the system that just had VMWare
> > installed on
> > it).
> >
> > On Apr 29, 2007, at 7:21 PM, Sina Bahram wrote:
> >
> > > Are you running nmap under vmware?
> > >
> > > Or are you speaking of running it on the system that has vmware
> > > installed on it?
> > >
> > > Take care,
> > > Sina
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nmap-dev-bounces () insecure org [mailto:nmap-dev-
> > > bounces () insecure org] On Behalf Of Garrett Reid
> > > Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 9:19 PM
> > > To: nmap-dev () insecure org
> > > Cc: Garrett Reid
> > > Subject: nmap/vmware osx bug
> > >
> > > I'm not sure if this is the right place to report this, so apologies
> > > in advance if it isn't.
> > >
> > > For some reason, after installing VMWare Fusion Beta3 (the current
> > > beta for mac users), nmap will not run as root:
> > > >  garrett$ sudo nmap localhost
> > > > Starting Nmap 4.20 ( http://insecure.org ) at 2007-04-29 19:06 MDT
> > > > getinterfaces: Failed to open ethernet interface (vmnet8). A
> > > > possible
> > > > cause on BSD operating systems is running out of BPF devices (see
> > > > http://seclists.org/lists/nmap-dev/2006/Jan-Mar/
> > > > 0014.html).
> > > > QUITTING!
> > >
> > > However, if run as a non-root user, it works fine:
> > > > garrett$ nmap localhost
> > > > Starting Nmap 4.20 ( http://insecure.org ) at 2007-04-29 19:16 MDT
> > > > Interesting ports on localhost (127.0.0.1)
> > >
> > > I'm not sure if this is nmap using the wrong interface, or vmware
> > > breaking raw sockets or just what is going on, so I've posted this
> > > bug
> > > to both parties. However, since this is a mailing-list, I'll
> > > hopefully
> > > be getting some feedback from here =)
> > >
> > > -Garrett
> > >
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