C Configuring Nmap For Zenworks - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - DISCOVERY-DEPLOYMENT-RETIREMENT REFERENCE 10.3 30-03-2010 Deployment Manual

Configuring NMAP for ZENworks
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Network discovery is done by the ZENloader module, which runs with
and the command with the
nmap
successfully execute. Consequently, the NMAP discovery fails when it runs with the
username. You should not run ZENloader with the
user must be enabled to run NMAP for discovery with
zenworks
®
NMAP for ZENworks .
To configure NMAP for ZENworks, do the following on the Linux Primary Server:
1 Log in as
.
root
2 Enter the command to open the sudo user configuration file in the vi editor.
visudo
TIP: When you open the sudo configuration file in the vi editor, the editor also validates the
file to ensure that correct syntax is used.
3 Comment the following lines by typing # at the beginning of the lines:
Defaults targetpw
ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL # WARNING! Only use this together with 'Defaults
targetpw'!
4 Add
zenworks ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/nmap
# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
5 Save your changes and exit the editor.
option. However, the
-O
root
# ask for the password of the target user i.e. root
zenworks
command needs
nmap root
username. To resolve this issue, the
privilege by configuring
root
after the following lines:
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as the username,
privileges to
zenworks
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