nmap-4.21ALPHA4: need help to set NMAPDIR

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March 24th, 2007, 04:17 AM
Computernerd22

nmap-4.21ALPHA4: need help to set NMAPDIR

Hello fellow members of AO. Earlier tonight I downloaded and compiled the latest version of nmap for my Linux Redhat 9.0 box. And I ran it against another box on my LAN. The issue IM having is with the message before the scan. However, here is the output:

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Starting Nmap 4.21ALPHA4 ( http://insecure.org ) at 2007-03-24 17:36 EST
Warning: File ./nmap-protocols exists, but Nmap is using /usr/local/share/nmap/nmap-protocols for security and consistency reasons. set NMAPDIR=. to give priority to files in your local directory (may affect the other data files too).

Interesting protocols on 192.168.1.100:
Not shown: 253 open|filtered protocols
PROTOCOL STATE SERVICE
5 open
4 open
3 open
MAC Address: 00:0F:D0:15:00:35 (LINKSYS Technology)

Nmap finished: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 7.114 seconds

[[email protected] nmap-4.21ALPHA4]#

1.) How do I set NMAPDIR= to give priority to files in my local directory?

This version of nmap still works excellent.

All help is greatly appreciated. cn22
March 25th, 2007, 08:57 PM
Computernerd22

Someone must know. I know IM not the only one who uses/runs nmap for a Unix/Linux distro.

Sorry for double posting Moderators but this thread was at the very end on the index.html page (front page) with no replies for 2 days. I tried to edit it to update it but it didnt work. So I am double posting it. I need some assistance on this seriously.
All help is greatly appreciated. CN22
March 25th, 2007, 09:27 PM
TejasV

Hi,
I don't know the answer,so i will not mislead you .
try posting it in the nmap dev mailing list
March 25th, 2007, 09:39 PM
MrLinus

Maybe I'm dense but isn't the error telling you:

set NMAPDIR=. to give priority to files in your local directory (may affect the other data files too).
March 25th, 2007, 10:07 PM
Computernerd22

Quote:

Maybe I'm dense but isn't the error telling you:

set NMAPDIR=. to give priority to files in your local directory (may affect the other data files too).

Exactly.
March 25th, 2007, 10:45 PM
thehorse13

From what I recall, this message only appears for the first 10 or so scans then goes away. I remember Fyodor mentioning this on the mailing list eons ago.
March 25th, 2007, 11:03 PM
TejasV

Hi,

Quote:

From what I recall, this message only appears for the first 10 or so scans then goes away. I remember Fyodor mentioning this on the mailing list eons ago.

When.....any link perhaps?
March 25th, 2007, 11:06 PM
TejasV

Hi,
A little googling helped

Quote:

Mabey this reply is too simple but here goes anyway ... that NMAPDIR looks to me like an environment variable ... why not try setting this before you run nmap

export NMAPDIR=/path/to/your/liking

the above assumes your running bash, any other shell you may be using will have to be set accordingly ..

Cass

Source
http://security-forums.com/viewtopic...f6c056fc5676a1

You are not the same guy, are you ? :p
March 26th, 2007, 01:04 AM
Computernerd22

Quote:

Source
http://security-forums.com/viewtopic...f6c056fc5676a1

You are not the same guy, are you ?

Yea buddy. Thats my brother from another mother. ;)
March 26th, 2007, 07:24 AM
TejasV

Hi,
So did it work ?
March 26th, 2007, 11:22 AM
thehorse13

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When.....any link perhaps?

Quite a long time back. I don't have a link so just dig a little at insecure.org. I do remember this though.

--TH13
March 26th, 2007, 04:04 PM
Computernerd22

Quote:

From what I recall, this message only appears for the first 10 or so scans then goes away. I remember Fyodor mentioning this on the mailing list eons ago.

Not all of us are on the nmaps mailing list. :) Also, NOT all of us are involved as much as other people on this board with nmap. You know what IM saying thehorse13?

As far as 10 scans goes, yea; I did more than 10 scans on my LAN with nmap and the message it still being displayed.

Did that work? I wish it did my friend.