sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · SqlmapSyntaxException

error occurred while processing the option '%s' in provided

Error message

error occurred while processing the option '%s' in provided configuration file ('%s')

What it means

Error "error occurred while processing the option '%s' in provided configuration file ('%s')" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.

Source

Thrown at lib/parse/configfile.py:43

    """
    Parse configuration file and save settings into the configuration
    advanced dictionary.
    """

    if config.has_option(section, option):
        try:
            if datatype == OPTION_TYPE.BOOLEAN:
                value = config.getboolean(section, option) if config.get(section, option) else False
            elif datatype == OPTION_TYPE.INTEGER:
                value = config.getint(section, option) if config.get(section, option) else 0
            elif datatype == OPTION_TYPE.FLOAT:
                value = config.getfloat(section, option) if config.get(section, option) else 0.0
            else:
                value = config.get(section, option)
        except ValueError as ex:
            errMsg = "error occurred while processing the option "
            errMsg += "'%s' in provided configuration file ('%s')" % (option, getUnicode(ex))
            raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)

        if value:
            conf[option] = value
        else:
            conf[option] = None
    else:
        debugMsg = "missing requested option '%s' (section " % option
        debugMsg += "'%s') into the configuration file, " % section
        debugMsg += "ignoring. Skipping to next."
        logger.debug(debugMsg)

def configFileParser(configFile):
    """
    Parse configuration file and save settings into the configuration
    advanced dictionary.
    """

    global config

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/parse/configfile.py:43 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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