diff --git a/macosx/README b/macosx/README index af9961862..553b03df3 100644 --- a/macosx/README +++ b/macosx/README @@ -1,16 +1,10 @@ -This is a test packaging of Zenmap for Mac OS X. +This is a test packaging of Nmap and Zenmap for Mac OS X. We are distributing this in the hope of creating a really great distribution of Nmap and Zenmap on the Mac, and for that we need your help. Please try it out and send comments and suggestions to nmap-dev@insecure.org. -This package does not come with Nmap itself. Zenmap and Nmap may be -bundled together in the future depending on what users recommend. You -need to install Nmap separately. Make sure it is in your system PATH; -see below. Please write nmap-dev@insecure.org if you have an idea for a -good way to package Nmap and Zenmap together. - Known issues: Zenmap doesn't run as root. I haven't found a convenient way to run it @@ -19,16 +13,4 @@ as root. You can do it by peeking inside the application bundle: But there has to be a better way. Please write nmap-dev@insecure.org if you have suggestions. -/usr/local/bin is not in the default PATH. As mentioned above, currently -you have to install Nmap separately. When Nmap is compiled from source, -by default it is installed in /usr/local/bin. But /usr/local/bin is -*not* in the default OS X PATH! You will see an error in Zenmap: -"[Errno 2] No such file or directory". I don't recommend installing Nmap -with a prefix of /usr, but you can make a symbolic link from -/usr/bin/nmap to /usr/local/bin/nmap and it will work fine. - -Running the application from a directory whose name contains a space -fails. The wrapper scripts necessary to package GTK+ and Pango need to -carefully escape paths in the files they write. - David Fifield