Re: nessusrc owner changes from time to time

George A. Theall wrote:

> On Mar 27, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Pedro Pozuelo wrote:
>
> > I usually launch scans with user www-data and that is usually the
> > owner of
> > nessusrc; but time to time I have notice that client cannot read it
> > and I
> > have realized that the owner has changed (becoming root)
>
> The commandline client rewrites the client configuration file each
> time it is used to run a scan.

Thanks for replying.

I believe it must be that. I'll do some tests but I was driving me crazy and
I finally have a clue.


> > I have looked for a cron job, a pattern or anything that could have
> > done
> > this, but I have found nothing.
>
> Have you tried correlating the timestamp on the config file when
> ownership is changed to your log files? For example, nessusd.messages
> should tell you when a Nessus user launches a scan.
>
> George

That will be my first check once I can repeat the error scenario

Thanks again!


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