Bug 90267

Summary: nmap fails under amd64 5.4-REL
Product: Base System Reporter: marquis
Component: amd64Assignee: freebsd-amd64 (Nobody) <amd64>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: 5.4-RELEASE   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description marquis 2005-12-12 04:20:04 UTC 
nmap-3.93 returns the following error:
	Starting nmap 3.93 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2005-12-11 20:09 PST
	getinterfaces: Failed to open ethernet interface (bge0)
	QUITTING!

Fix: 

revert to previous version
How-To-Repeat: nmap <any flags> <ip_address>
Comment 1 John Baldwin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2005-12-12 18:58:22 UTC 
On Sunday 11 December 2005 11:13 pm, Roger Marquis wrote:
> >Number:         90267
> >Category:       amd64
> >Synopsis:       nmap fails under amd64 5.4-REL
> >Confidential:   no
> >Severity:       non-critical
> >Priority:       low
> >Responsible:    freebsd-amd64
> >State:          open
> >Quarter:
> >Keywords:
> >Date-Required:
> >Class:          sw-bug
> >Submitter-Id:   current-users
> >Arrival-Date:   Mon Dec 12 04:20:04 GMT 2005
> >Closed-Date:
> >Last-Modified:
> >Originator:     Roger Marquis
> >Release:        FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p4 amd64
> >Organization:
>
> Roble Systems (http://www.roble.com/)
>
> >Environment:
>
> FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p4 amd64 tcsh IBM e325
>
> >Description:
>
> nmap-3.93 returns the following error:
> 	Starting nmap 3.93 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2005-12-11 20:09
> PST getinterfaces: Failed to open ethernet interface (bge0)
> 	QUITTING!
>
> >How-To-Repeat:
>
> nmap <any flags> <ip_address>

Are you running it as root?

-- 
John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
"Power Users Use the Power to Serve"  =  http://www.FreeBSD.org
Comment 2 marquis 2005-12-14 16:05:34 UTC 
John Baldwin wrote:
>>>Are you running it as root?
>> Yes
>> Does nmap work under FreeBSD/i386 on the same hardware?
> Yes
>> ...

This bug is fixed in nmap-3.95.  Thanks John!

-- 
Roger Marquis
Roble Systems Consulting
http://www.roble.com/
Comment 3 John Baldwin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2005-12-14 17:22:57 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Appears to be a bug in nmap.  Submitter reports that it was fixed in 
nmap-3.95.