Robert,
Thanks for your concise explanation on how to use the Nessus CLI
client. One related question though... how do you reset the password
for a nessus user? Where can I look to see a list of current Nessus
users? I am root on the box.
I feel a little silly with this question. I think the Nessus
installation asked me to specify a username and password for the nessus
daemon when I installed but I can't remember what I specified. I am
running nessus 2.2.4.
Chris
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"Robert Keith" <Robert.Keith@technolords.com> 6/16/2005 16:11 PM
I am reposting a reply from a couple weeks ago.
This looks like you are running the Nessus CLI client.
If you want to run the X client, just do:
DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
Export DISPLAY
Nessus
-------------------------------
If you are running the CLI client:
Once nessus is installed on your system, and you have create a Nessus
user/password account,
create a file with the target hosts -> targets.txt
This file could simply contain one IP address:
192.168.0.1
Then run the command from the system with nessus installed:
nessus -Vx -c ./nessusrc -q localhost 1241 user pass ./targets.txt
./results.txt
The output of the scan will be stored inside the ./results.txt file, in
this
case in text output.
The nessusrc file will not exist before the first scan, but will be
created
with default values, which you can then further adjust.
This works whether you have GTK installed or not.
BTW, to build the X client, you will need to install the GTK
development
kits. Having a graphics desktop functioning is not enough and the
development kits are not installed by default.
Robert
-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of devasundar_a@sifycorp.com
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 1:34 PM
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Subject: How to execute nessus client for linux.
Dear Renaud & Team,
I have installed nessus 2.2.4 in my redhat linux server. I don't know
to
configure or execute nessus client for unix in my server. Can any one
explain
how to execute & how to use nessus client in Linux.
I have tried the below proceedings:-
[root@XX.XX root]# nessus -s -q localhost 1241 stf safe
*** The plugins that have the ability to crash remote services or
hosts
have been disabled. You should activate them if you want your security
audit to be complete
Remote sessions :
-----------------
Session ID | Targets
==========================
I am not able to get the Nessus client for linux. Can anybody expain to
get
the same.
Regards,
Devasundar.A
Sify LTD
Chennai.
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