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Re: run nessus as root?

Subject: Re: run nessus as root?
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:32:00 -0500
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 01:03:58PM -0600, McDermott, AS Amanda (5841) @ IS 
wrote:

   Other than unnecessary stress on the machine, are there other reasons
   I should not run Nessus as root? Are there times when I should?

nessusd must be run as root to sniff network traffic, open raw sockets, 
and the like.

George
-- 
theall@tifaware.com

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