patator command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

patator: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: patator: command not found

Solutions to patator: command not found

How To Fix patator: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu patator is provided by patator package.

patator is:

Patator is a multi-purpose brute-forcer, with a modular design and a flexible usage.

Currently it supports the following modules:

• ftp_login : Brute-force FTP
• ssh_login : Brute-force SSH
• telnet_login : Brute-force Telnet
• smtp_login : Brute-force SMTP
• smtp_vrfy : Enumerate valid users using SMTP VRFY
• smtp_rcpt : Enumerate valid users using SMTP RCPT TO
• finger_lookup : Enumerate valid users using Finger
• http_fuzz : Brute-force HTTP
• ajp_fuzz : Brute-force AJP
• pop_login : Brute-force POP3
• pop_passd : Brute-force poppassd (http://netwinsite.com/poppassd/)
• imap_login : Brute-force IMAP4
• ldap_login : Brute-force LDAP
• dcom_login : Brute-force DCOM
• smb_login : Brute-force SMB
• smb_lookupsid : Brute-force SMB SID-lookup
• rlogin_login : Brute-force rlogin
• vmauthd_login : Brute-force VMware Authentication Daemon
• mssql_login : Brute-force MSSQL
• mysql_login : Brute-force MySQL
• mysql_query : Brute-force MySQL queries
• rdp_login : Brute-force RDP (NLA)
• pgsql_login : Brute-force PostgreSQL
• vnc_login : Brute-force VNC
• dns_forward : Forward DNS lookup
• dns_reverse : Reverse DNS lookup
• snmp_login : Brute-force SNMP v1/2/3
• ike_enum : Enumerate IKE transforms
• unzip_pass : Brute-force the password of encrypted ZIP files
• keystore_pass : Brute-force the password of Java keystore files
• umbraco_crack : Crack Umbraco HMAC-SHA1 password hashes
• tcp_fuzz : Fuzz TCP services
• dummy_test : Testing module

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install patator

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install patator.

sudo apt -y install patator

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install patator

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix patator command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.