Fix Metasploit error “The following options failed to validate: RHOSTS”
The Metasploit Project is a computer security project that provides information about security vulnerabilities and aids in penetration testing and IDS signature development.
Its best-known sub-project is the open source Metasploit Framework, a tool for developing and executing exploit code against a remote target machine. Other important sub-projects include the Opcode Database, shellcode archive and related research.
The Metasploit Project is well known for its anti-forensic and evasion tools, some of which are built into the Metasploit Framework.
Some users get this error “The following options failed to validate: RHOSTS”
NOTE: This is not an error in Metasploit or in Kali Linux, it’s rather a syntax error on users end. Quite trivial, but an error nevertheless.
When setting RHOSTS you might encounter this error.
msf auxiliary(syn) > set RHOST 10.10.0.7 RHOST => 10.10.0.7 msf auxiliary(syn) > run [-] Auxiliary failed: Msf::OptionValidateError The following options failed to validate: RHOSTS.
It’s because you’re using RHOST instead of RHOSTS. Even if you have single IP instead of multiple, you’ll have to use RHOSTS and it will work fine.
msf (syn) > set RHOSTS 10.10.0.7 msf (syn) > run
This should fix this little error. Hope that helps someone. Thanks for reading, please share.
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Thanks am using RHOST instead of RHOSTS thanks again
Same error.
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using armitage msf scan and still receiving auxiliary failed: msf: :option validateError the following options failed to validate rhosts
Hi,
I am using the auxiliary(ssh_login_pubkey) > run with the following result
Auxiliary failed: Msf::OptionValidatorError The following options failed to validate: KEY_PATH.
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