Re: [W3af-users] W3af in the Background

[Andrew K. <aki...@gm...>]

Totally not a w3af issue.  You should be using screen to hold jobs you
leave running then close ssh sessions.

http://www.princessleia.com/sshscreen.php

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Andres Riancho <and...@gm...>
wrote:

> Aman,
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Aman Thakur <ama...@gm...>
> wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> > Good Day!!
> >
> > I am trying to automate the w3af scanning process in my LAN. But i am
> having
> > hard time with it.
> >
> > What i have done till now is that. I have made a small http server in
> > python. In which, i am passing the domain name of my own website.
> > eg: $ 192.168.1.100:8080/?website=www.mywebsite.com
> >
> > When i run the http server by sshing to the server and running it in
> > background using the ampersand(&). So, if my ssh session is on and i
> send a
> > request to scan from my other machine on the LAN, then it starts the scan
> > and shows it in my ssh session screen.
> > $ runserver &
> >
> > But if i end my session, after running the server in the background with
> the
> > following commands:
> > $ runserver&
> > $ exit
> >
> > Then, it creates the process but it never finishes the process or scan. I
> > can see the w3af_console process in the result of $ ps aux command but it
> > never finishes it.
> >
> > Can anyone suggest me something about it? Can we do a scan by invoking
> the
> > w3af_console in the background? Is running the w3af in background
> possible
> > on a machine?
>
> I believe this issue is not related to w3af, but maybe some links might
> help:
>
>  * http://www.celeryproject.org/
>  * https://docs.python.org/2/library/subprocess.html
>
> In case this is related to w3af, the way to discover that is to enable
> text_file output and debug the output.
>
> > Thanks
> >
> > With Regards
> > Aman Thakur
> >
> >
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