Bug report, with workaround

[Mike Crawford <mike.crawford () live co uk>]

Hello,

 

I've used Nmap before but was having grief today. To be more specific, I'm using Zenmap on Windows XP.

 

I could scan ok and some info was displayed about the target hosts. I then got to the message saying how many hosts 
were scanned in what time, and then an error "The system cannot find the path specified." As in:

 

Nmap done: 40 IP addresses (8 hosts up) scanned in 4.61 seconds

The system cannot find the path specified.

 

At which point, the scan failed with no hosts/services being listed in the left hand pane. After a while of tearing my 
hair out, I found a file called r at C:\Documents and Settings which looked like something to do with my scan results. 
The username I was running under in Windows is "R & T blah blah" and it looks like the '&' (or maybe spaces - haven't 
tested this) is causing problems for Nmap being able to create the C:\Documents and Settings\R & T blah 
blah\.zenmap\zenmap database file.

 

I created another user account with no '&' in it and it was business as usual for Nmap.

 

I can't find any way to change the location where zenmap puts this file though I'm sure the '&' in the user name 
problem can be resolved.

 

Hope this is helpful and I've sent it to the right place.

 

Regards,

 

Mike Crawford.

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