John - No need to apologise, I'm the one using Windows :o(
But I will try the options out and see what happens
From: John Scherff [mailto:JScherff@24hourfit.com]
Sent: 17 August 2007 18:01
To: Mel Popple; nessus@list.nessus.org
Subject: RE: command line Nessus on Windows
My bad... as I was clicking send, I saw the "on Windows" part just as
the message left the building.
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From: John Scherff
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 10:00 AM
To: 'Mel Popple'; nessus@list.nessus.org
Subject: RE: command line Nessus on Windows
# NessusClient --help
NessusClient, version 1.0.2.
Common options :
NessusClient [-vnh] [-c .rcfile] [-V] [-T <format>]
Batch-mode scan:
NessusClient -q [-pPS] <host> <port> <user> <pass> <targets-file>
<result-file>
List sessions :
NessusClient -s -q <host> <port> <user> <pass>
Restore session:
NessusClient -R <sessionid> -q <host> <port> <user> <pass>
<result-file>
Report conversion :
NessusClient -i in.[nsr|nbe] -o out.[html|xml|nsr|nbe]
General options :
-v : shows version number
-h : shows this help
-n : No pixmaps
-T : Output format: 'nbe', 'html', 'html_graph', 'text', 'xml',
'old-xml' 'tex' or 'nsr'
-V : make the batch mode display status messages
to the screen.
-x : override SSL "paranoia" question preventing nessus from
checking certificates.
The batch mode (-q) arguments are :
host : nessusd host
port : nessusd host port
user : user name
pass : password
targets : file containing the list of targets
result : name of the file where
nessus will store the results
-p : obtain list of plugins installed on the server.
-P : obtain list of server and plugin preferences.
-S : issue SQL output for -p and -P (experimental).
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From: nessus-bounces@list.nessus.org
[mailto:nessus-bounces@list.nessus.org] On Behalf Of Mel Popple
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 7:50 AM
To: nessus@list.nessus.org
Subject: command line Nessus on Windows
Afternoon,
Is there a comprehensive list of all the options and switches that are
available when scripting the latest version of Nessus using the Windows
Command line tools?
I'm pretty new to Nessus and I've read the PDFs on the site but what I
am trying to do is create scripts that will target individual servers
and not ip ranges. This is easy enough to do by just repeating the
'NessusCmd.exe servername' command on different lines in a batch file
but what would be good is to have a text file that lists the servers
(I'll probably generated this file from information within a
spreadsheet) and just pull the names from that.
I'd also like to send the results files from different servers to
separate folders.
And finally is there a way to download the updates from the site,
transfer them to another workstation on USB stick and then import them
using the UpdateCmd cli tool? I'm presuming this will be another switch
to use with the command.
Sadly running it on a *nix box isn't an option, we're a windows only
place
Thanks
Mel
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