Re: nmap errors on *BSDs (noted on NetBSD and MacOSX, so far) (traceroute)

[Fredrik Pettai <pettai () nordu net>]

On Mar 23, 2010, at 9:56 PM, David Fifield wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 09:18:02PM +0100, Fredrik Pettai wrote:
> > Yes, why not. I not more helpful to get a portscan then you asked  
> > for a
> > traceroute, rather the opposite:
> >
> > $ nmap --traceroute ping.sunet.se
> >
> > Starting Nmap 5.21 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2010-03-23 21:11 CET
> > Warning: Traceroute does not support idle or connect scan,  
> > disabling...
> > Nmap scan report for ping.sunet.se (192.36.125.18)
> > Host is up (0.00025s latency).
> > Not shown: 995 closed ports
> > PORT      STATE SERVICE
> > 22/tcp    open  ssh
> > 25/tcp    open  smtp
> > 5666/tcp  open  nrpe
> > 13782/tcp open  netbackup
> > 13783/tcp open  netbackup
>
> You should be aware that even if you run the above command as root (so
> the traceroute works), you will still get a port scan in addition to  
> the
> traceroute.

Yes, but what you specifically asked for didn't work, so it would be  
more "correct" to fail.

> To turn off the port scan you have to use the -sn option.

Good to know.

Re,
/P
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