From e8fa6f973952ca46d08e94047d025a936f1f0a08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: david Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:05:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Do some miscellaneous indexing. --- docs/nmap-install.xml | 9 +++++++-- docs/refguide.xml | 15 +++++++++++---- docs/zenmap.xml | 3 ++- 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/nmap-install.xml b/docs/nmap-install.xml index 331a0605a..8ed4511ba 100644 --- a/docs/nmap-install.xml +++ b/docs/nmap-install.xml @@ -415,11 +415,14 @@ If you make code changes to fix the problem, please send a patch (created with diff -uw oldfile newfile) and any details about your problem and platform to me at fyodor@insecure.org. Integrating the change into the base Nmap distribution allows many other users to benefit, and prevents you from having to make the changes with each new Nmap version. Ask Google and other Internet resources -Try searching for the exact error message on Google or other search engines. You might also want to browse recent activity on the Nmap development (nmap-dev) list—archives are available at . +Try searching for the exact error message on Google or other search engines. You might also want to browse recent activity on the Nmap development (nmap-dev) +nmap-dev mailing list +list—archives are available at . Ask nmap-dev If none of your research has led to a solution for your problem, try sending a report to the Nmap development (nmap-dev) +nmap-dev mailing list list. If you subscribe first, your message gets through faster because it does not go through moderation. Subscribe by sending a blank email to @@ -1157,7 +1160,9 @@ fanatics. SGI IRIX. The Nmap project mostly depends on the user community to maintain adequate support for these systems. If you have trouble, try sending a report with full details to the nmap-dev mailing list -(nmap-dev@insecure.org). If you develop a patch which +(nmap-dev@insecure.org). +nmap-dev mailing list +If you develop a patch which improves support on your platform, please email it to nmap-dev or to me at fyodor@insecure.org. diff --git a/docs/refguide.xml b/docs/refguide.xml index 2714248b8..eb04e7e95 100644 --- a/docs/refguide.xml +++ b/docs/refguide.xml @@ -1984,10 +1984,11 @@ way. Runs a script scan (like ) with the scripts you have chosen rather than the defaults. Arguments can be script categories, single scripts or directories with scripts which are to be run against the target hosts instead of the default set. Nmap will try to interpret the arguments at first as categories and afterwards as files or directories. Absolute paths are used as is, relative paths are searched in the following places until found: -NMAPDIR environment variable --datadir/; +NMAPDIR environment variable $(NMAPDIR)/; ~user/nmap/ (not searched on Windows); +NMAPDATADIR NMAPDATADIR/ or ./. A scripts/ subdirectory is also tried in each of these. Give the argument all to execute all scripts in the Nmap script database. @@ -2235,7 +2236,9 @@ could be useful when a network is so unreliable that even Nmap's default is too aggressive. Since Nmap only reduces the timeout down to the minimum when the network seems to be reliable, this need is unusual and should be reported as a bug to the nmap-dev mailing -list. +list. +nmap-dev mailing list + @@ -3178,7 +3181,9 @@ self-explanatory. You may get something like: Timeout vals: srtt: -1 rttvar: -1 to: 1000000 delta 14987 ==> srtt: 14987 rttvar: 14987 to: 100000. If you don't understand a line, your only recourses are to ignore it, look it up in the source code, or request help from -the development list (nmap-dev). Some lines are self explanatory, but +the development list (nmap-dev). +nmap-dev mailing list +Some lines are self explanatory, but the messages become more obscure as the debug level is increased. @@ -3798,7 +3803,9 @@ overwhelming requests. Specify to only see do some research to determine whether it has already been discovered and addressed. Try Googling the error message or browsing the nmap-dev archives at . Read this full manual page as + url="http://seclists.org/" />. + nmap-dev mailing list + Read this full manual page as well. If nothing comes of this, mail a bug report to nmap-dev@insecure.org. Please include everything you have learned about the problem, as well as what version of diff --git a/docs/zenmap.xml b/docs/zenmap.xml index f8c0cfe7a..6d2009672 100644 --- a/docs/zenmap.xml +++ b/docs/zenmap.xml @@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ latest version available from . If the problem persists, do some research to determine whether it has already been discovered and addressed. Try Googling the error message or browsing - the nmap-dev archives at . Read this + the nmap-dev archives at . + Read this full manual page as well. If nothing comes of this, mail a bug report to nmap-dev@insecure.org. Please include everything you have learned about the problem, as well as what version of Zenmap you are running