[framework] Running Framework2 and Framework3 for Windows on the same box

[Bob Davies]

Thanks, HD.
I appreciate the detailed response.
I'll get around it by setting up a couple small VM's one with MSF2 and one
with MSF3.  That should get me through.
Take care.
Bob

On 12/6/06, H D Moore <hdm at metasploit.com> wrote:
>
> To clear up some confusion, this is how it works:
>
> * Cygwin creates a share memory page using a magic ID value. If another
> copy of Cygwin tries to load (regardless of version), it dies with an
> error. If you run more than one Cygwin application at the same time, they
> need to use the same copy of Cygwin and the same root filesystem.
>
> * Metasploit 2 uses a Cygwin1.dll that reads the 'Msf200' registry path to
> determine the file system location of the Cygwin root.
>
> * Metasploit 3 uses a Cygwin1.dll that reads the 'Msf300' registry path
> determine the file system location of the Cygwin root.
>
> Copying one version of Cygwin1 from MSF3 to MSF2 won't work since the
> filesystem path would be incorrect for MSF2 (it would actually launch
> MSF3 in most cases).
>
> Creating a single version of Cygwin for all Metasploit versions would
> solve this, but I ran into incompatibilities between the version of Perl
> used in 2.x and the newer Cygwin.
>
> Using a plain old unmodified Cygwin environment would work, but then the
> installer would tromp all over an existing Cygwin installation and it
> becomes difficult to install/uninstall like a normal application.
>
> The solution is to only run a single Cygwin instance at the same time. To
> run Metasploit 2, make sure that Metasploit 3's Cygwin is not loaded. The
> same applies to using Metasploit 3 if you have 2 loaded. Any other system
> application that uses its own copy of Cygwin will also cause problems, so
> you may need to start killing off other applications to get either
> version to work correctly.
>
> So... Cygwin sucks. It was meant as a quick solution until we resolved the
> native Perl/Ruby compatibility issues. Perl never progressed to the point
> where the Framework could really use the native version on Windows, but
> we still have hope of moving Metasploit 3 to a native interpreter in the
> future.
>
> -HD
>
>
> On Wednesday 06 December 2006 07:45, Bob Davies wrote:
> > Anyone have any issues with this?  FW3 runs fine, but FW2 cacks
> > reporting a conflicting cygwin1.dll file.
> > Just checking:
> > a) if this is doable at all, and if it is
> > b) if I'm the only one having this problem.
>
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