kgretzky/evilginx2 · error

edit: %v

Error message

edit: %v

What it means

Thrown by the `lures edit <id> pause <duration>` command handler in handleLures when updating the lure's PausedUntil timestamp via cfg.SetLure fails. The underlying persistence error (file write/serialization failure) is wrapped with the 'edit:' prefix. It means the pause was applied in memory but could not be saved to the lure configuration file.

Source

Thrown at core/terminal.go:879

				}
				l, err := t.cfg.GetLure(l_id)
				if err != nil {
					return fmt.Errorf("pause: %v", err)
				}
				s_duration := args[2]

				t_dur, err := ParseDurationString(s_duration)
				if err != nil {
					return fmt.Errorf("pause: %v", err)
				}
				t_now := time.Now()
				log.Info("current time: %s", t_now.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"))
				log.Info("unpauses at:  %s", t_now.Add(t_dur).Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"))

				l.PausedUntil = t_now.Add(t_dur).Unix()
				err = t.cfg.SetLure(l_id, l)
				if err != nil {
					return fmt.Errorf("edit: %v", err)
				}
				return nil
			}
		case "unpause":
			if pn == 2 {
				l_id, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(args[1]))
				if err != nil {
					return fmt.Errorf("pause: %v", err)
				}
				l, err := t.cfg.GetLure(l_id)
				if err != nil {
					return fmt.Errorf("pause: %v", err)
				}

				log.Info("lure for phishlet '%s' unpaused", l.Phishlet)

				l.PausedUntil = 0
				err = t.cfg.SetLure(l_id, l)

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Solutions

1. Check filesystem permissions on the config directory and lures file (must be writable by the process)
2. Verify the lure id still exists with `lures get` before editing
3. Check disk space with df -h
4. Inspect the wrapped inner error (%v) for the exact persistence failure cause

Example fix

// before
err = t.cfg.SetLure(l_id, l)
if err != nil {
	return fmt.Errorf("edit: %v", err)
}
// after
err = t.cfg.SetLure(l_id, l)
if err != nil {
	return fmt.Errorf("edit lure %d: failed to persist pause: %w", l_id, err)
}

if _, err := os.Stat(cfgPath); err != nil || !writable(cfgPath) { /* abort before edit */ }

func lureExists(id int) bool { _, err := cfg.GetLure(id); return err == nil }

err := t.cfg.SetLure(l_id, l)
if err != nil {
	return fmt.Errorf("edit: persist pause failed: %w", err)
}

When it happens

Trigger: `lures edit <id> pause <dur>` when SetLure returns an error: config file unreadable, lures.yaml corrupted, disk full, or the lure was deleted concurrently between GetLure and SetLure.

Common situations: Running evilginx3 with a read-only config directory, permission changed on ~/.evilginx or the lures file, or an operator deleting the lure from another session while pausing it.

Related errors

• edit: lure hostname must end with the base domain '%s'
• edit: invalid hostname
• phishlet '%s' can't be deleted - you can only delete child p
• index out of bounds: %d
• lure for path '%s' not found

AI-assisted analysis of kgretzky/evilginx2@4c0988a1d9 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ae0e0e9e73211cf3. Report an issue: GitHub.