More predictable than /dev/stdin, which is usually a symlink to
/proc/self/fd/0 or /dev/fd/0, but the feature is not guaranteed to be
present.
This isn't *terribly* useful, but it can be. -x is recommended, but it
doesn't allow for ERB directives. This is mostly for hax.
MSP-11671
Add command line option --defer-module-loads to msfconsole. It will
stop `Msf::Ui::Console::Driver` from calling
`framework.modules.init_module_paths` AND
`framework.modules.refresh_cache_from_database`. This flag is only
meant to speed up msfconsole boot when modules do not need to accessed,
such as during cucumber testing of command help or command line options.
MSP-11672
Pass `'DeferModuleLoads' => false` to `Msf::Simple::Framework.create` so
that `framework.modules.init_module_paths` is only called once (directly
in `Msf::Ui::Console::Driver#initialize`) instead of twice (in
`Msf::Simple::Framework.create` and `Msf::Ui::Console::Driver#initialize).
Sometimes msfconsole takes a little while to start.
This adds a fairly common ASCII spinner to the startup sequence.
I haven't spec'ed it, and the code organization isn't great, so consider
this PR more of a cry for help than something immediately landable.
That said, it works for me.
MSP-11153
Test the following paths in order and only return them if the path
exists:
1. MSF_DATABASE_CONFIG environment variable
2. ~/.msf4/database.yml
3. <project>/config/database.yml
On August 15, shuckins-r7 merged the Metasploit 4.10.0 branch
(staging/electro-release) into master. Rather than merging with
history, he squashed all history into two commits (see
149c3ecc63 and
82760bf5b3).
We want to preserve history (for things like git blame, git log, etc.).
So on August 22, we reverted the commits above (see
19ba7772f3).
This merge commit merges the staging/electro-release branch
(62b81d6814) into master
(48f0743d1b). It ensures that any changes
committed to master since the original squashed merge are retained.
As a side effect, you may see this merge commit in history/blame for the
time period between August 15 and August 22.
MSP-10955
`Msf::Ui::Console::Driver#initialize` doesn't call
`framework.db.connect` if it can't find the the `database.yml`, but when
using `msfpro`, the connection is already established, so the console
doesn't need to know where the database file is and should just run the
migrations so that `framework.db.migrate` can be set and
`framework.db.active` will return `true`.
MSP-9606
Catch LoadError in config/application.rb when trying to require
'active_record/railtie` so that end-users can run without any of the
database gems installed. NOTE: you can't run in the development or
test environment without the database because factory_girl needs
ActiveRecord.
Brent Cook