Public bug reported:
When using nmap that is installed via Snap it is impossible to give it
root privileges which are required for the application to work.
The error output:
(without sudo)
nmap -sS 192.168.0.1/24
You requested a scan type which requires root privileges.
QUITTING!
(with sudo)
sudo nmap -sS 192.168.0.1/24
sudo: nmap: command not found
Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Release: 16.04
snap list
Name Version Developer
nmap 7.12SVN-0.4 joetalbott
ubuntu-core 16.04+20160419.20-55 canonical
** Affects: snap (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: xenial
** Package changed: unity (Ubuntu) => snap (Ubuntu)
** Tags added: xenial
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Snap application requires root privileges
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