Re: Gain Root Remotely plugin (command line)

On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 03:00:12AM -0400, Gonzalez, Matthew  wrote:

> The plugin that I have
> to demo is the Gain Root Remotely plugin. 

"Gain root remotely" is not a single plugin, but a family of them.

> I was wondering if there is a
> way to choose just that plugin through the command line 

You can't enable plugins through the commandline. Instead, you specify a 
config file that lists which plugins are to be enabled / disabled.  You 
could look into one of the third-party update-nessusrc scripts (Google 
is your friend) as a way to handle that, but that essentially requires a 
working config file to start with.

> This scan would 
> be taking place on the loopback address (127.0.0.1) of the Mandriva system.

Be aware that a few plugins are written such that they can not be run 
against the nessusd host.

> Also, are there any tips to make the system be able to be picked up as 
> gaining root remotely when the scan is run?

That depends on the specific plugin you need to demo. Study it, figure 
out what it checks for. And then configure your system so that the check 
succeeds.

George
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theall@tenablesecurity.com
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