How To Install patator on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install patator on Ubuntu.

What is `patator`

patator is:

Patator is a multi-purpose brute-forcer, with a modular design and a flexible usage.

Currently it supports the following modules:

ftp_login : Brute-force FTP
ssh_login : Brute-force SSH
telnet_login : Brute-force Telnet
smtp_login : Brute-force SMTP
smtp_vrfy : Enumerate valid users using SMTP VRFY
smtp_rcpt : Enumerate valid users using SMTP RCPT TO
finger_lookup : Enumerate valid users using Finger
http_fuzz : Brute-force HTTP
ajp_fuzz : Brute-force AJP
pop_login : Brute-force POP3
pop_passd : Brute-force poppassd (http://netwinsite.com/poppassd/)
imap_login : Brute-force IMAP4
ldap_login : Brute-force LDAP
dcom_login : Brute-force DCOM
smb_login : Brute-force SMB
smb_lookupsid : Brute-force SMB SID-lookup
rlogin_login : Brute-force rlogin
vmauthd_login : Brute-force VMware Authentication Daemon
mssql_login : Brute-force MSSQL
mysql_login : Brute-force MySQL
mysql_query : Brute-force MySQL queries
rdp_login : Brute-force RDP (NLA)
pgsql_login : Brute-force PostgreSQL
vnc_login : Brute-force VNC
dns_forward : Forward DNS lookup
dns_reverse : Reverse DNS lookup
snmp_login : Brute-force SNMP v1/2/3
ike_enum : Enumerate IKE transforms
unzip_pass : Brute-force the password of encrypted ZIP files
keystore_pass : Brute-force the password of Java keystore files
umbraco_crack : Crack Umbraco HMAC-SHA1 password hashes
tcp_fuzz : Fuzz TCP services
dummy_test : Testing module

There are three methods to install patator on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install patator Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install patator using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install patator

Install patator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install patator using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install patator

Install patator Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install patator using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install patator

How To Uninstall patator on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the patator package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove patator

Uninstall patator And Its Dependencies

To uninstall patator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove patator

Remove patator Configurations and Data

To remove patator configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge patator

Remove patator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove patator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge patator

Dependencies

patator have the following dependencies:

References

patator website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install patator package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.