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What is the profile editor? Using Umit it's normal when you can use the same arguments or make some scans and sometimes it's not easy to search for the same options of nmap again.
What do it does? Profile Editor is able to create, copy and delele profiles. With it you should be able to save the nmap arguments and run scans with some paramenters in the future.
The customization advantage: It's easy to call a Profile. In the tab scan you only choose the target, and select a Profile. It will define automatically the Nmap's parameters.
New profile: It's easy to create a new profile, you can define all Nmap parameters and save you a suggestive name.
Edit profile If you sometimes want to change the paramenters of profile, you should be use edit of profiles and add, or remove the parameters, checking it on the boxes.
Screenshot above it's the Profile Editor.
Procedure 2. Acces from the Main Menu
The profile descriptions (name, hint, description, etc.) There are some fields to fill about a Profile. It's mandatory fill the name.
Name: It is the name that appears on combo box of Scan Tab
Hint: it is a tooltip
Description: it's just to say what this profile does.
You can browse on the tabs and apply option that you wish to build a profile that you intend.
Just press Ok and you save the profile
How to use the recently created profile? You can find recently profile created on Combo box in Scan tab. So just fill the target, select profile and press scan. The option of your new profile are running on the scan.
This option is like copy a profile. If you have a Profile and you can create a similar Profile, use it.
If you want delete a Profile by some reason it is possible. Only follow the one of the procedure
Procedure 7. Use the key-stroke
Where is saved options? In options.xml, you can find in your $HOME/.umit/
The profile_editor.xml can be found on the same place and it uses options from options.xml
The widgets available for options is combo box, checkbox and text entry. We have the box with numbers (for example, number of ports) to use as parameter.