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Nmap "operation not permitted" error

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Problem

I'm running CentOS 5.3 in an openVZ container, and I'm receiving "operation not permitted" errors from Nmap. I have no iptables rules set. How can I get this working?

Error Output

[root@test nmap-5.21]# ./nmap scanme.nmap.org

Starting Nmap 5.21 ( http://nmap.org )
at 2010-12-12 17:03 MSK

Warning: File ./nmap-services exists,
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Fix for: Nmap "operation not permitted" error

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Maybe your container has a venet interface, which has security restrictions. You need to use veth interfaces to send broadcasts and other nonstandard packets. See Differences between venet and veth.

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