[Nikto-discuss] Disabling interactive question

Frank Breedijk FBreedijk at schubergphilis.com
Tue Sep 7 10:06:38 CDT 2010


Shoot, first line of nikto -Help output (I typed -help again).

I should have looked at the code... Will make it part of the code.

Thanks Jabra!

Frank Breedijk
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-----Original Message-----
From: Sullo [mailto:csullo at gmail.com] 
Sent: 07 September 2010 16:52
To: Jabra
Cc: Frank Breedijk; nikto-discuss at attrition.org
Subject: Re: [Nikto-discuss] Disabling interactive question

Or you could just use '-ask no' (or yes/auto)... :-)


On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Jabra <jabra at spl0it.org> wrote:
> Using: echo "yes" will only pass one instance of "yes" to nikto if it 
> asks for user input.
>
> Using: yes | nikto would pass as many "yes" inputs until nikto 
> completes.
>
> Regards,
> Jabra
>
> On 07.Sep.2010 04:40PM +0200, Frank Breedijk wrote:
>> I can see it is still morning there and end of workday here ;)
>> Yes|nikto ... will work. Nikto does take y for an answer.
>>
>> Frank Breedijk
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>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jabra [mailto:jabra at spl0it.org]
>> Sent: 07 September 2010 16:38
>> To: Frank Breedijk
>> Cc: Jabra; nikto-discuss at attrition.org
>> Subject: Re: [Nikto-discuss] Disabling interactive question
>>
>> I'm not seeing such an option...
>>
>>
>> Not to be too picky shouldn't it be 'yes yes |nikto' ?
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jabra
>>
>>
>>
>> On 07.Sep.2010 04:30PM +0200, Frank Breedijk wrote:
>> > I know, however, it is a bit impractical to have to check if this is present, especially as I don't know where the configuration file will be in the system. Is there a command line option to disable it?
>> >
>> > The following will do the trick, but feels like cheating:
>> > echo y | nikto .....
>> >
>> > Frank Breedijk
>> > ..-. .-. .- -. -.-
>> > T: +31 (0)20-7506500 E: fbreedijk at schubergphilis.com W:
>> > www.schubergphilis.com
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Jabra [mailto:jabra at spl0it.org]
>> > Sent: 07 September 2010 16:29
>> > To: Frank Breedijk
>> > Cc: nikto-discuss at attrition.org
>> > Subject: Re: [Nikto-discuss] Disabling interactive question
>> >
>> > There is an option in the nikto.conf to not ask the user if they 
>> > want to send updates to cirt.net
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Josh
>> >
>> > On 07.Sep.2010 04:24PM +0200, Frank Breedijk wrote:
>> > > When there is a mismatch between the server signature and the signature on file, Nikto asks you to submit it. Is there a way to disable this prompt ? Since I run nikto from Seccubus I need to make sure it finishes and not spends forever waiting for user input.
>> > >
>> > >
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>> > > not in
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>> > > CIRT.net
>> > >       for a Nikto update (or you may email to sullo at cirt.net) (y/n)?
>> > >
>> > > Kind regards,
>> > > Frank Breedijk
>> > >
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