The brute library supports different modes that alter the combinations used in the attack. The available modes are:
user: In this mode, for each user listed inuserdb, every password inpassdbwill be tried, as follows:
$ nmap --script <brute force script> --script-args brute.mode=user <target>pass: In this mode, for each password listed inpassdb, every user inuserdbwill be tried, as follows:
$ nmap --script <brute force script> --script-args brute.mode=pass <target>creds: This mode requires the additional argumentbrute.credfile, as follows:
$ nmap--script <brute force script> --script-args brute.mode=creds,brute.credfile=./creds.txt <target>To make sure that you only guess each password once, use the argument brute.unique. By default, it is enabled, set it to false to disable it:
$ nmap --script <brute force script> --script-args brute.unique=false <target>To set the number of retries in case an attempt fails, use the argument...