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  1. #1
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    Question Nmap

    Does nmap have to be run as root??

    Can I run nmap from a normal user account, and does it lose functionality if not run as root?
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    You can run nmap from a normal user account, but it does lose functionality if not run as root.

    For a normal portscan it'll due with a normal user account but if you want to do a scan with full functionality then I'll recomend you to be login as root. Or create and give a "scan-user" enough rights to do a full scan.

    I can't help you with the rights though. But I have used sudo to run nmap as root and it did work for me.

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    Some basic stuff can be done as `joe user', but all of the nifty stuff requires root privi's.

    This is of course a politicaly correct feature found on many Unix security tools.

    Doing an 'su' before the scan ought to be good enough.

    I suppose it could be hacked on to change permissions levels before compiling, if you wanted to do that.
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    OK, thanks. I'll just run it as root then.
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    One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
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