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Nmap Development: Running NMAP as a non root user - patch

Running NMAP as a non root user - patch

From: Uri Gilad <ugilad_at_forescout.com>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 12:51:47 +0300

Hi,
    using the linux kernel capabilities ( http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/kernel-2.4/capfaq-0.2.txt), and the following patch for nmap it is possible to run nmap as a non-root user granting it only raw network capabilities.
 
Share and enjoy !
 
Attached - a patch for nmap Kernel patch.
 
Nmap patch.
 
 
Uri Gilad
ugilad_at_forescout.com
 

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