My Fixes for metasploit db_driver and pcaprub loading

[3vi1john]

Here are some quick solutions that worked for my setup of backtrack 5 gnome 64bit

1. To get the database to load with available db_drivers, just start metasploit msfconsole from the terminal or run from the backtrack menu if you are root.
2. When you try to run an auxillary module or scanner you receive an error about pcaprub not being loaded.

My solution

Compile the pcap module from the /msf3/external folder:

1. ruby extconf.rb && make
sudo make install

2. cd /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.9.2/x86_64-linux
cp pcaprub.so /opt/framework3/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/x86_64-linux

[Seca5]

Here are some quick solutions that worked for my setup of backtrack 5 gnome 64bit

1. To get the database to load with available db_drivers, just start metasploit msfconsole from the terminal or run from the backtrack menu if you are root.
2. When you try to run an auxillary module or scanner you receive an error about pcaprub not being loaded.

My solution

Compile the pcap module from the /msf3/external folder:

1. ruby extconf.rb && make
sudo make install

2. cd /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.9.2/x86_64-linux
cp pcaprub.so /opt/framework3/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/x86_64-linux

This worked flawlessly. Thank you so much. I knew it was something simple like this, but I probs wouldn't have figured it out. I'm on 32bit BT5 running in 64bit Linuxmint Host on VMware Player. The x86_64-linux folder was /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.9.2/i486-linux and /opt/framework3/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/i686-linux/ respectively.

[scottm99]

I can confirm that this works also on an install of 32-bit BT5 virtual machine, using gnome. As I posted in another thread, the 4.0 version of the framework is available & will hopefully resolve this & other issues.

[wonder1and]

Still a valid fix on the latest rev