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ident-user-enum Usage Examples

Scan the remote host (192.168.1.13) and determine which user is running the service on the specified ports (22 139 445).

root@kali:~# ident-user-enum 192.168.1.13 22 139 445
ident-user-enum v1.0 ( http://pentestmonkey.net/tools/ident-user-enum )

192.168.1.13:22 root
192.168.1.13:139    root
192.168.1.13:445    root

Packages and Binaries:

ident-user-enum

This package is a simple PERL script to query the ident service (113/TCP) in order to determine the owner of the process listening on each TCP port of a target system.

This can help to prioritise target service during a pentest (you might want to attack services running as root first). Alternatively, the list of usernames gathered can be used for password guessing attacks on other network services.

Installed size: 12 KB
How to install: sudo apt install ident-user-enum

Dependencies:
  • libio-socket-ip-perl
  • libnet-ident-perl
  • perl
ident-user-enum
root@kali:~# ident-user-enum -h
ident-user-enum v1.0 ( http://pentestmonkey.net/tools/ident-user-enum )

Usage: ident-user-enum.pl ip port [ port [ port ... ] ]

Queries the ident service (113/TCP) to determine the OS-level user running 
the process listening on a given TCP port.  More than one port can be supplied.

Updated on: 2024-Mar-11