Re: Please help

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 09:35:42PM +0100, Hani Benhabiles wrote:
> On 05/31/2012 09:31 PM, James Rogers wrote:
> > http://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/http-brute.html
> >
> > > From the code http://nmap.org/svn/scripts/http-brute.nse :
> >
> > local path = nmap.registry.args['http-brute.path']
> >
> > if ( not(path) ) then
> >             return "  \n  ERROR: No path was specified (see http-brute.path)"
> >     end
> >
> > So it appears that you are getting an error message because there is
> > no registry key of 'http-brute.path'.
> >
> > On what operating system/version are you running the command?
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 7:49 AM, M.Younas Imran<myimran () yahoo com>  wrote:
> > > Hello! If I have bothered you by any mean, I am realy sorry, but either solve my problem or direct me to the URL,
> > > my problem:
> > >
> > > Starting Nmap 5.61TEST5 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2012-05-31 16:43 PKT
> > > Nmap scan report for 192.168.202.240
> > > Host is up (0.00085s latency).
> > > PORT   STATE SERVICE
> > > 80/tcp open  http
> > > | http-brute:
> > > |_  ERROR: No path was specified (see http-brute.path)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I do not understand the ERROR message.
> > > Thank you.
> > > Regards.
> > > Younas.
>
> It means he should use --script-args="/somepath"
>
> And thinking about it, the path should be default to root like most
> other http scripts.
>
> local path = nmap.registry.args['http-brute.path'] or "/"

I believe that http-brute requires a script argument by design, to
reduce the chance that you run it accidentally.

David Fifield
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