nmap in privideged mode

[vladmandic]

I've set capabilities for nmap so it can run in non-root mode:

sudo setcap cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin,cap_net_bind_service+eip /usr/bin/nmap

and nmap from command line works fine
(not that running in non-root mode with explicit capabilities requires --priviledges flag).
nmap --privileged -sN -O localhost

but when invoked using nodejs as
const proc = new nmap.OsAndPortScan(host, '--privileged');

it still fails with "TCP/IP fingerprinting (for OS scan) requires root privileges."
seems flags are not set properly?

[ChrisWiGit]

Hi @vladmandic,
I've put sudo feature into this fork
https://github.com/ChrisWiGit
Check the readme for an example with sudo.
Easiest would be to put your user into sudoers file and also apply no password.

[vladmandic]

@ChrisWiGit thanks!

[vladmandic]

closing as no update from maintainer for over a year.