NMap Installation Problem ...

[linux quest]

After running nmap for some time, I have got problem running a simple command of nmap ... like

nmap 192.168.1.2
nmap: Command not found

I think there is something wrong with my installation procedures. I type in "make install clean" command in /usr/local/bin/nmap and /usr/ports/security/nmap - but somehow I still see the "command not found" message.

I have also typed in "make deinstall clean" on both of the directory location, restart the OS, and install everything again using the "make install clean" command (on both of the directory location) - but I still receive the same "nmap: Command not found" message.

Thanks for the help :)

Regards,
Linux Quest
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Post by linux quest
After running nmap for some time, I have got problem running a simple command of nmap ... like
nmap 192.168.1.2
nmap: Command not found
I think there is something wrong with my installation procedures. I type in "make install clean" command in /usr/local/bin/nmap and /usr/ports/security/nmap - but somehow I still see the "command not found" message.
I have also typed in "make deinstall clean" on both of the directory location, restart the OS, and install everything again using the "make install clean" command (on both of the directory location) - but I still receive the same "nmap: Command not found" message.
Thanks for the help :)
Regards,
Linux Quest
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Have you tried running "rehash" after the install? If you're using
[t]csh this is nessesary to make the shell discover new commands.
You only need to do "make install clean" in ports/security/nmap, not
in local/bin/nmap.
HTH
//Niclas
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[linux quest]

Thanks ... I think the 'rehash' command does help a bit... at least now, when I type 'nmap', I can see the help manual (before this, there was just error msg). However, now, when I type 'nmap 192.168.1.10', (where 192.168.1.10 is the PC that I wanted to scan) ... I got the message ...

'Limiting closed port RST response from 283 to 200 packets/sec'

May I know how do I get nmap to scan the 192.168.1.10 computer?

Thanks.

Regards,
Linux Quest


Niclas Zeising <***@gmail.com> wrote:
On 1/9/07, linux quest

Post by linux quest
After running nmap for some time, I have got problem running a simple command of nmap ... like
nmap 192.168.1.2
nmap: Command not found
I think there is something wrong with my installation procedures. I type in "make install clean" command in /usr/local/bin/nmap and /usr/ports/security/nmap - but somehow I still see the "command not found" message.
I have also typed in "make deinstall clean" on both of the directory location, restart the OS, and install everything again using the "make install clean" command (on both of the directory location) - but I still receive the same "nmap: Command not found" message.
Thanks for the help :)
Regards,
Linux Quest
__________________________________________________

Have you tried running "rehash" after the install? If you're using

[t]csh this is nessesary to make the shell discover new commands.

You only need to do "make install clean" in ports/security/nmap, not

in local/bin/nmap.

HTH

//Niclas

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Post by linux quest
Thanks ... I think the 'rehash' command does help a bit... at least now,
when I type 'nmap', I can see the help manual (before this, there was just
error msg). However, now, when I type 'nmap 192.168.1.10', (where
192.168.1.10 is the PC that I wanted to scan) ... I got the message ...
'Limiting closed port RST response from 283 to 200 packets/sec'

This is not a message from nmap, but from FreeBSD. It means that the system is
sending more than 200 ICMP packets/per second. I reckon you see this line on
the machine you're scanning. Your scan will continue as normal but will be
slowed down by this cool safety feature of FreeBSD :). If you want to turn
this off set sysctl net.inet.icmp.icmplim_output=0.

Please keep in mind that a scan will take a long time to complete with nmap's
default options.

Hope this helps,
Pieter