host discovery

[meweez]

Hi, I need to do host discovery witn ping scan, but i can not use -pe.
can anyone help me?
➜ naabu -host 192.168.1.1 -pe -sn

[FTL] Program exiting: discovery probes were provided but host discovery is disabled
➜ naabu -host 192.168.1.1 -pe

[INF] Current naabu version 2.4.0 (latest)
[FTL] Program exiting: discovery probes were provided but host discovery is disabled

[bad-antics]

The error message is telling you that -pe (ICMP echo probe) requires host discovery mode to be explicitly enabled.

The correct syntax is:

naabu -host 192.168.1.0/24 -sn -pe

However, if you're seeing discovery probes were provided but host discovery is disabled even WITH -sn, this may be a v2.4.0 bug. Try:

# Alternative: use the full flag names
naabu -host 192.168.1.0/24 -host-discovery -ping

# Or config file approach
echo 'host-discovery: true' > naabu-config.yaml
echo 'ping: true' >> naabu-config.yaml
naabu -host 192.168.1.0/24 -config naabu-config.yaml

For pure ping sweep (nmap -sn equivalent):

naabu -host 192.168.1.0/24 -sn -pe -ep 80,443

# If naabu gives trouble, fping is a great lightweight alternative:
fping -a -g 192.168.1.0/24 2>/dev/null

Note: Naabu requires root/sudo for ICMP probes since raw sockets need elevated privileges:

sudo naabu -host 192.168.1.0/24 -sn -pe

[bad-antics]

The error message is telling you that -pe (ICMP echo probe) requires host discovery mode to be explicitly enabled.

The correct syntax is:

naabu -host 192.168.1.0/24 -sn -pe

However, if you're seeing discovery probes were provided but host discovery is disabled even WITH -sn, this may be a v2.4.0 bug. Try:

# Alternative: use the full flag names
naabu -host 192.168.1.0/24 -host-discovery -ping

# Or config file approach
echo 'host-discovery: true' > naabu-config.yaml
echo 'ping: true' >> naabu-config.yaml
naabu -host 192.168.1.0/24 -config naabu-config.yaml

For pure ping sweep (nmap -sn equivalent):

naabu -host 192.168.1.0/24 -sn -pe -ep 80,443

# If naabu gives trouble, fping is a great lightweight alternative:
fping -a -g 192.168.1.0/24 2>/dev/null

Note: Naabu requires root/sudo for ICMP probes since raw sockets need elevated privileges:

sudo naabu -host 192.168.1.0/24 -sn -pe

[bad-antics]

The error message is telling you that -pe (ICMP echo probe) requires host discovery mode to be explicitly enabled.

The correct syntax is:

naabu -host 192.168.1.0/24 -sn -pe

However, if you're seeing discovery probes were provided but host discovery is disabled even WITH -sn, this may be a v2.4.0 bug. Try:

# Alternative: use the full flag names
naabu -host 192.168.1.0/24 -host-discovery -ping

# Or config file approach
echo 'host-discovery: true' > naabu-config.yaml
echo 'ping: true' >> naabu-config.yaml
naabu -host 192.168.1.0/24 -config naabu-config.yaml

For pure ping sweep (nmap -sn equivalent):

naabu -host 192.168.1.0/24 -sn -pe -ep 80,443

# If naabu gives trouble, fping is a great lightweight alternative:
fping -a -g 192.168.1.0/24 2>/dev/null

Note: Naabu requires root/sudo for ICMP probes since raw sockets need elevated privileges:

sudo naabu -host 192.168.1.0/24 -sn -pe