Sunday, April 7, 2013

Using Armitage in Kali Linux : Fixing the Errors

Detailed Post on Usage of Armitage [with Screenshots] is here

In some cases, when you try to fire up Armitage in Kali Linux, it says that it can't start because it can't connect to the back-end DBMS (it uses postgresql at back-end).

In such cases, you have to first type this command:
root@Xtr3M3-Mach:~# service postgresql start
[ ok ] Starting PostgreSQL 9.1 database server: main.
root@Xtr3M3-Mach:~# armitage

Armitage would run just fine after that.

Detailed Post on Usage of Armitage [with Screenshots] is here

4 comments:

  1. Armitage isn't some script kiddie toy. It offers organized team-based penetration testing. The GUI is just a convenience. It has full support of scripts, custom payloads, etc.

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  2. I never meant to imply that Armitage is a 'toy'. I respect that tool and if you see my other post on working on armitage, you'll see that I do not disregard it. However, for new learners who get addicted to 'gui' of armitage, it can be something that puts a level of abstraction between you and what's going on in the background (hint: newbies clicking nmap scans and then try a 'hail mary' and get a shell while they have no idea of what goes on in the background)

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  3. 99% of the script kiddies don't know what is happening when they use Armitage. This is the problem.

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  4. my kali linux says
    root@Ben:~# service postgresql start
    [ ok ] Starting PostgreSQL 9.1 database server: main.
    root@Ben:~# armitage
    bash: armitage: command not found

    what might be the problem coz i have even tried with the apt-get install -y armitage but its not working

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