Re: Local Commands over SSH Script

[Ron Bowes <ron () skullsecurity net>]

One of the biggest selling points of Nessus is the ability to log in,
determine which variable of Linux, and look for vulnerable packages
installed (ie, not up to date) or vulnerable configs. I think it'd be
super useful for Nmap to have the same feature!

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 8:24 AM, George Chatzisofroniou
<sophron () latthi com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 03:51:58PM -0500, devin bjelland wrote:
> > I have been working on a binding for the libssh2 library and various
> > accompanying scripts. One of the ideas on the script ideas page is a script
> > to run local commands on a target server over ssh [1]. Several users on the
> > list suggested this would useful for writing various auditing scripts.
> > Since this potentially exceeds Nmap's mandate as a network mapper, I
> > thought I would ask the list for input. Would you use this script? Would
> > you like to see it integrated into Nmap?
>
> Yes, i believe it's a great feature. I currently use ClusterSSH [1] for running
> commands on multiple servers over an ssh connection. While it is great for
> interactive sessions, i believe it's not elegant for running single commands.
>
> For example, I would definetely prefer to use Nmap for exporting a report about
> file system disk space usage for all of my machines.
>
> Go for it.
>
> [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/clusterssh/
>
> --
> George Chatzisofroniou
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