Re: could not locate nse_main.lua

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:37:02AM -0400, usr0815 () Safe-mail net wrote:
> After checkout of SVN and fresh make install:
>
> > Starting Nmap 5.30BETA1 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2010-05-10 17:09 CEST
> > Unable to find nmap-services! Resorting to /etc/services
> > NSE: failed to initialize the script engine:
> > could not locate nse_main.lua
> >
> > QUITTING!
>
>
> Found out that the requestet env from nmap.cc:2826
> >  if (!foundsomething && (dirptr = getenv("NMAPDIR"))) {
> can't find $NMAPDIR.
>
> After env NMAPDIR=/PATH/TO/FOLDER/WITH/nse_main.lua it's working.

I'm glad you figured it out. Setting the environment variable should
only be required in unusual circumstances though. How did you configure
the build?

David Fifield
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