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Quote:> Hi > I use nmap for scanning networks, a very powerful tool. My problem is that I > must be in the Administrators group to run this tool.

> Is there a possibitly, to give a user, which has only 'normal' user rights, > the permission to run nmap? When logged on as Administrator, change the 'Netgroup Packet Filter' (or 'NetGroup Packet Filter Driver') service to 'Automatic' startup. This needs to be done manually via Regedit. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services NPF Start 0x2 Depending on the version of nmap and your usage, add this from Microsoft Windows 2000 TCP/IP Implementation Details 'Description: This parameter controls access to raw sockets. If true, non-administrative users have access to raw sockets.

By default, only Administrators have access to raw sockets. HKLM SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services Tcpip Parameters AllowUserRawAccess Value Type: REG_DWORDBoolean Valid Range: 0, 1 (False, True) Default: 0 (False)' You will need to reboot once after making the changes above. After the changes, logging in as a lesser privileged user the service will start automatically.

Driver viamichelin x 950 xpress. Then you should be always able to use nmap as a member of Users. As the lesser privileged user without the Regedits, RunAs CMD.EXE NET START 'NetGroup Packet Filter Driver' will also work for WinPCap 3.0 (the service names vary depending on your version of WinPCap) providing you do not require -win_forcerawsock support for some types of scans (many never use that anyway.) Matt Scarborough 2003-05-07.