Mastering Metasploit

Globalizing variables in Metasploit

Working on a particular range or a specific host, we can always use the setg command to specify the LHOST and RHOST options. Setting the options with the setg command will set the RHOST or LHOST options globally for every module loaded. Hence, the setg command eliminates the use of setting up these specific options repeatedly. We can should make use of the setg command instead of options such as LPORT, RPORT, and payload. However, different services run on different ports and we may need to alter the payloads as well. Hence, setting up options that do not alter from one module to another is a better approach. Let's have a look at an example:

We assigned RHOST with setg command in the preceding screenshot. We ...