The instructions say "Compile or install NMAP" (Which I DId). Then "Nmap should be set-uid root if you want UDP port monitoring & discovery to work". That is as specific as I can get. Also, upon search google for "setuid" I did see alot of information on exploits with setuid.
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 1:51 pm, a.bridge@insightbb.com wrote:
I need to "setuid root" nmap but I am not able to find the proper syntax for the command. I have checked the man page but it was very brief and didn't give an example. Please be a bit more specific. Do you need to set the setuid bit info coreutils chmod The chmod command will allow you to do this. For example: $ chmod u+s foo This sets the suid bit for the foo command.
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