I'm assuming you're referring to having generated shellcode, is that correct?  If so, that is shellcode to be used with an existing exploit, by inserting your code into it, in place of other, existing shellcode, in the POC or example exploit.

Conversely, in some cases, you can also have it generate executables for a given platform.  I don't have my metasploit handy, to see what you're working with, to give more detail, right the moment.  But basically, you'd need to either do as I mentioned, above, or pick a different exploit, that generates a working executable, and use that payload code with it.

yeah, I generated the shellcode. I put it in in a generic script and then tried to compile it but it failed. However, it may not have been exactly what I needed to make it run. I was trying to use the chmod shellcode but I haven't really done this stuff before so I'm being baptized by fire.

I'll read through all of those and see if I can make sense of it.

Thanks.

sure...I understand.