RE: Running Nessus in Batch Mode

Here is a simple version of the format:

Nessus -c <config file> -T <format> -q <server> <port> <username> <password>
<target file> <output file>

So for example:

Nessus -c nessus.rc -T nbe -q localhost 1241 user pass targets.txt scan.nbe

You can also just check the man file (man nessus).

Chad Uretsky
Lead Network and Security Engineer | NetIQ Corporation


-----Original Message-----
From: nessus-bounces@list.nessus.org [mailto:nessus-bounces@list.nessus.org]
On Behalf Of Steve Smith
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:15 AM
To: nessus@list.nessus.org
Subject: Running Nessus in Batch Mode


Hello,

I was wondering if there was documenation posted on how to run Nessus in the
command shell (I believe this is called, Batch Mode)

I've searched the net and have found very little in terms of procedures.

My goal is to run Nessus without using the GUI.    

Currently,  I'm running the following command:

# ./nessus localhost 1241 userid userpass target.txt

This command does not run nessus and instead pop's up the help file for
nessus.

I am running version 2.2.5

Thanks!
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