Re: LUA "Invalid Escape Sequence" error with NMAP 6.25

[Aaron Giuoco <afxdub () gmail com>]

On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Aaron Giuoco <afxdub () gmail com> wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Henri Doreau <henri.doreau () gmail com>wrote:
>
> > 2012/12/15 Aaron Giuoco <afxdub () gmail com>:
> > > Henri,
> > >
> > > Thanks for taking a look.  I made the changes you suggested (require
> > > "stdnse", declare 'ret', declare *action functions) and I still get the
> > same
> > > result.  I don't think the file is corrupted because it works with 6.01.
> > > The error makes me think that I'm not properly escaping a character
> > > somewhere.
> > >
> > > I am running this on Win7 if that makes a difference.  I probably need
> > to
> > > try it in Linux to make sure I'm getting the same error and it's not
> > some
> > > weird OS specific problem.
> > >
> > > AG
> >
> > I tried on Linux (only). Another thing, if I may, I would suggest you
> > to be more strict in checking and reporting error cases in your
> > script. I'm afraid I can't see what could trigger the problem you
> > describe though... Maybe someone else can.
>
>
> > --
> > Henri
>
> I appreciate the feedback.  This the first thing I've ever done in Lua, so
> I know there is a lot I need to learn and improve upon.
>
> But it appears that the Lua interpreter is throwing the error before it
> ever gets to the point of running any of my code.  At least that is the
> error I'm getting in Win7.  What error did you get when you ran it in Linux?
>
> AG

Well, after some testing, it looks like the updated script (attached) works
in Unbuntu 12.10.  I just downloaded and compiled the source. I copied the
script over to my Win7 box and ran it with NMAP 6.25 and it failed with
same error message as before.  So, what I know so far is:

Works -- Win 7, NMAP 6.01
Works -- Ubuntu 12.10, NMAP 6.25
Fails -- Win7, NMAP 6.25

AG

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