Re: batch mode - specify plugins

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, John Arends wrote:

> I want to run nessus in batch mode every day with a cron job.
>
> How can I specify which plugins to use? I googled a bit but can't figure it out. I'm not clear on how to use -p and -P.

Hi John,
I suggest that you make a config file via the nessus GUI containing just
the plugins you want and then setup your cronjob to use the ~/.nessusrc file.

> Second, how can I reduce what the log files show? I don't care about the open ports because I usually know what is open where, and it'll confuse the person I send the reports to.

To reduce what the log files show you can set "Report Verbosity"
to "Quiet". I think you meant though that you want to filter the reports (i.e.
YourResults.nbe) in which case I suggest:

1. Do not run any port scanners in your audit
2. If you write your results to an NBE file then it should be pretty
   easy to filter out information that you do not want. For example

   grep Hole YourResults.nbe > EditedResults.nbe

   You can then convert the editied NBE file to other formats.

--
 - Josh

I really only want to display the critical problems (like unpatched windows machines, or windows machines that have been compromised).
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