On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 07:07:25PM +0800, Federico Sevilla III wrote: > Now I know what I've been missing out on. It's not because I run nmapfe. > It's because I run nmap and nmapfe as a regular user. They need to be run > as root for them to be able to do things like, among others, UDP scans.
yup, programs that manufacture custom packets and do funky network stuff need root. that's why snort, for instance, also needs to be root, and the 'lowly' /bin/ping needs to be setuid root. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
