sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · SqlmapFilePathException

unable to mount the operating system takeover

Error message

unable to mount the operating system takeover

What it means

Error "unable to mount the operating system takeover" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.

Source

Thrown at lib/takeover/abstraction.py:237

                warnMsg = "functionality requested probably does not work because "
                warnMsg += "the current session user is not a database administrator"

                if not conf.dbmsCred and Backend.getIdentifiedDbms() in (DBMS.MSSQL, DBMS.PGSQL):
                    warnMsg += ". You can try to use option '--dbms-cred' "
                    warnMsg += "to execute statements as a DBA user if you "
                    warnMsg += "were able to extract and crack a DBA "
                    warnMsg += "password by any mean"

                logger.warning(warnMsg)

            if any((conf.osCmd, conf.osShell)) and Backend.isDbms(DBMS.PGSQL) and (self.checkCopyExec() or self.checkPlExec()):
                success = True
            elif Backend.getIdentifiedDbms() in (DBMS.MYSQL, DBMS.PGSQL):
                success = self.udfInjectSys()

                if success is not True:
                    msg = "unable to mount the operating system takeover"
                    raise SqlmapFilePathException(msg)
            elif Backend.isDbms(DBMS.MSSQL):
                if mandatory:
                    self.xpCmdshellInit()
            else:
                errMsg = "feature not yet implemented for the back-end DBMS"
                raise SqlmapUnsupportedFeatureException(errMsg)

        self.envInitialized = True

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/takeover/abstraction.py:237 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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